An Osteological and Histological Investigation of Cranial Joints in Geckos

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-405

  Payne, Samantha L ^a   Holliday, Casey M ^b   Vickaryous, Matthew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial kinesis; Gekkota; Histology; Microcomputed tomography; Quadrate; Synovial joint

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; CHONDRODACTYLOUS BIBRONII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL JOINT; CRANIAL KINESIS; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; HEMITHECONYX CAUDICINCTUS; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; LIZARD; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OEDURA LESUEUERII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE; SYNCHONDROSIS; SYNDESMOSIS; TARENTOLA ANNULARIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; JOINTS; KINESIS; LIZARDS; SKULL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; HEMITHECONYX CAUDICINCTUS; OEDURA; SQUAMATA; TARENTOLA ANNULARIS;

EID: 79951772192     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21329     Document Type: Article

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