...Qiaohui Hu; Thomas J. Nelson; Edward P. Snelling; Roger S. Seymour ABSTRACT The nutrient artery passes through the nutrient foramen on the shaft of the femur and supplies more than half of the total blood flow to the bone. Assuming that the size of the nutrient foramen correlates with the size...

... in the ventral direction and positive z to the animal's left. Right-handed anatomical coordinate systems were implemented at the pelvis, at the pivot of the femur and at the six caudal-most presacral joints (in the center of the intervertebral discs). In each case, the x -axis is oriented along the long axis...

... to other groups. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 30 6 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 cortical bone turning femur mouse bone adaptation force Embracing behavioral variability within locomotor repertoires of free-ranging...

... initiate flight from the ground. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 27 1 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 terrestrial locomotion bat hindlimb femur tibia Desmodus rotundus Diaemus youngi Pteronotus parnellii Natalus...