Food oral processing: Conversion of food structure to textural perception

H Koç, CJ Vinyard, GK Essick… - Annual review of food …, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
Food oral processing includes all muscle activities, jaw movements, and tongue movements
that contribute to preparing food for swallowing. Simultaneously, during the transformation of …

What does feeding system morphology tell us about feeding?

CF Ross, J Iriarte‐Diaz - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Feeding is the set of behaviors whereby organisms acquire and process the energy required
for survival and reproduction. Thus, feeding system morphology is presumably subject to …

Mechanics of bite force production and its relationship to diet in bats

SE Santana, ER Dumont, JL Davis - Functional Ecology, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
In vertebrates, bite force is a measure of whole organism performance that is associated with
both cranial morphology and dietary ecology. Mechanistic studies of bite force production …

The ontogeny of maximum bite force in humans

HM Edmonds, H Glowacka - Journal of Anatomy, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ontogenetic changes in the human masticatory complex suggest that bite force, a key
measure of chewing performance, increases throughout growth and development. Current …

Innovative approaches to the relationship between diet and mandibular morphology in primates

CF Ross, J Iriarte-Diaz, CL Nunn - International Journal of Primatology, 2012‏ - Springer
Attempts to establish relationships between mandibular morphology and either traditional
dietary categories or geometric and material properties of primate diets have not been …

Molecular phylogeny of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia) and the timescale of diversification in Southeast Asia

TE Roberts, HC Lanier, EJ Sargis, LE Olson - Molecular phylogenetics and …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Resolving the phylogeny of treeshrews (Order Scandentia) has historically proven difficult, in
large part because of access to specimens and samples from critical taxa. We used …

Palatal Biomechanics and Its Significance for Cranial Kinesis in Tyrannosaurus rex

IN Cost, KM Middleton, KC Sellers… - The Anatomical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The extinct nonavian dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex, considered one of the hardest biting
animals ever, is often hypothesized to have exhibited cranial kinesis, or, mobility of cranial …

N on‐D estructive D etermination of M uscle A rchitectural V ariables T hrough the U se of D ice CT

E Dickinson, H Stark, K Kupczik - The Anatomical Record, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The fascicular architecture of skeletal muscle dictates functional parameters such as force
production and contractile velocity. Muscle microarchitecture is typically determined by …

Adaptation of oral processing to the fracture properties of soft solids

H Koç, E Çakir, CJ Vinyard, G Essick… - Journal of Texture …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hardness and rubberiness are distinct textural properties that are associated with extended
oral processing times and therefore of interest to designing food structure for specific textural …

Gape drives regional variation in temporalis architectural dynamics in tufted capuchins

MF Laird, J Iriarte-Diaz, CD Byron… - … of the Royal …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dynamic changes in jaw movements and bite forces depend on muscle architectural and
neural factors that have rarely been compared within the same muscle. Here we investigate …