Model sensitivity and use of the comparative finite element method in mammalian jaw mechanics: Mandible performance in the Gray Wolf

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Tseng, Zhijie Jack ^a,b   Mcnitt Gray, Jill L ^a   Flashner, Henryk ^a,c   Wang, Xiaoming ^a,b   Enciso, Reyes ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW; MAMMAL; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WOLF; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; JAW; MANDIBLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; WOLVES;

EID: 79955721913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019171     Document Type: Article

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