Bite Force Estimation and the Fiber Architecture of Felid Masticatory Muscles

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1336-1351

  Hartstone Rose, Adam ^a   Perry, Jonathan M G ^b   Morrow, Caroline J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite force; Felidae; Fiber length; Mastication; Muscle architecture; Physiological cross sectional area

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FELIDAE; FEMALE; JAW; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; BODY SIZE; DIET; FELIDAE; JAW; MASTICATORY MUSCLES;

FELIDAE;

EID: 84863545451     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22518     Document Type: Article

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