Musculature

Joy S. Reidenberg

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00178-3

Musculature

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Abstract

The muscles of pinnipeds, sirenians, and cetaceans are described and figured on the basis of the harbor seal, California sealion, and west Indian manatee, and pilot whale. Marine mammals have basically muscles that are built on the same pattern as that of land mammals, but show clear adaptations for aquatic life. Such adaptations include enlarged and reoriented tail muscles for cetaceans and sirenians, for the hind limbs in the phocid seals, and the forelimb in otariids.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Third Edition
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	622-625
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128043271
ISBN (Print)	9780128043813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00178-3
State	Published - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

Swimming
appendicular muscles
axial musculature
breathing
land locomotion
sound production

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