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JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS
Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 1274-1280Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.01.012
Keywords
bite force; muscle force; temporal ligament; multibody dynamics analysis; lizards
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E009204/1] Funding Source: Medline
- BBSRC [BB/E009204/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Lizard skulls vary greatly in their detailed morphology. Theoretical models and practical studies have posited a definite relationship between skull morphology and bite performance, but this can be difficult to demonstrate in vivo. Computer modelling provides an alternative approach, as long as hard and soft tissue components can be integrated and the model can be validated. An anatomically accurate three-dimensional computer model of an Uromastyx hardivickii skull was developed for rigid-body dynamic analysis. The Uromastyx jaw was first opened under motion control, and then muscle forces were applied to produce biting simulations where bite forces and joint forces were calculated. Bite forces comparable to those reported in the literature were predicted, and detailed muscular force information was produced along with additional information on the stabilizing role of temporal ligaments in late jaw closing. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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