Foramen Magnum Ontogeny in Homo sapiens: A Functional Matrix Perspective

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-216

  Richards, Gary D ^a,b   Jabbour, Rebecca S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foramen magnum; Functional matrices; Human variation; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; FLUID FLOW; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCOMOTION; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FOSSILS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

CRANIA; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 78651429647     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21319     Document Type: Article

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