Geometric morphometrics (GM) has increasingly become an important tool in assessing and
studying shape variation in a wide variety of taxa. While the GM toolkit has unparalleled …

Attempts to establish relationships between mandibular morphology and either traditional
dietary categories or geometric and material properties of primate diets have not been …

Insects use their mandibles for a variety of tasks, including food processing, material
transport, nest building, brood care, and fighting. Despite this functional diversity, mandible …

Objectives: To evaluate quantitatively the relationship between molar intrusion (change [Δ]
maxillary first molar [U6]–palatal plane [PP]) and changes in vertical and sagittal …

The tradeoff between force and velocity in skeletal muscle is a fundamental constraint on
vertebrate musculoskeletal design (form: function relationships). Understanding how and …

The location of the axis of rotation (AoR) of the mandible was quantified using the helical
axis (HA) in eight individuals from three species of non-human primates: Papio anubis …

The moment arm of a muscle defines its leverage around a given joint. In a clinical setting,
the quantification of muscle moment arms is an important means of establishing the …

The traditional hinge axis theory for guiding clinical procedures in dentistry and dental
articulators has been challenged by the concept of an instantaneous center of rotation (ICR) …

Early research hypothesized that Aotus was a member of a specialized guild of hard-fruit
and seed-eating “sclerocarpic harvesters” based largely on their dentognathic morphology …

Jaw-muscle architecture is a key determinant of jaw movements and bite force. While static
length-force and force-velocity relationships are well documented in mammals, architecture …