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Response of Woodpecker's Head during Pecking Process Simulated by Material Point Method

Prevention of brain injury in woodpeckers under high deceleration during the pecking process has been an intriguing biomechanical problem for a long time. Several studies have provided different explanations, but the function of the hyoid bone, one of the more interesting skeletal features of a wood...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yuzhe, Qiu, Xinming, Zhang, Xiong, Yu, T. X.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25902356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122677