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Avian cranial kinesis revisited
Subtitle:Acta Ornithologica, vol. 34, no. 2 ; Kinetyzm ptasiej czaszki - nowe spojrzenie
Creator: Contributor:Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii ; Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union (2 ; 1999 ; Gdańsk)
Publisher:Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN
Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Description:Referat wygłoszony na Second Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union ; Bibliogr. p. 122 ; P. [115]-122 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Abstract in Polish ; Streszcz. pol.
Type of object: Subject and Keywords:birds ; skull ; congresses ; cranial kinesis ; avian biomechanics ; coupling mechanisms ; jaw movements ; jaw muscles ; Aves
Abstract:An integrated, holistic analysis of the avian jaw apparatus within the system of avian cranial kinesis shows a complex series of movements of the two jaws, rather than just a simple opening and closing of both jaws. Because of the complex arrangement of the jaw muscles, birds have achieved different adaptive configurations of these muscles for various movement combinations. Specialization of the several jaw muscles are correlated, nevertheless, with the different possible movements of both jaws, such as the evolution of the M. ethmomandibularis in parrots for independent raising of the lower jaw and the M. pterygoideus retractor in several avian groups for independent lowering of the upper jaw.
Relation: Volume: Issue: Start page: End page: Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Source:MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257, Vol. 34, No 2 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568, Vol. 34, No 2 ; click here to follow the link
Language: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Projects co-financed by:Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund
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