Functional anatomy of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) forelimb

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-385

  Hudson, Penny E ^a   Corr, Sandra A ^a,c   Payne Davis, Rachel C ^a   Clancy, Sinead N ^a,c   Lane, Emily ^b   Wilson, Alan M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Zoological Gardens of South Africa   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acinonyx; Anatomy; Cheetah; Forelimb; Locomotion; Muscle; Speed

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAPULA; SERRATUS VENTRALIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THORAX; TORQUE; WALKING SPEED;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ACINONYX; ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952746507     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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