Covariation in the Human Masticatory Apparatus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-84

  Noback, Marlijn L ^a   Harvati, Katerina ^a  

^a Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental arch; Diet; Masseter muscle; PLS analysis; Subsistence; Temporalis muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOOTH ARCH;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DENTAL ARCH; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 84919740290     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23067     Document Type: Article

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