Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )

SUMMARY: The biomechanical performance of limb bones is useful to reflect an animal’s adaptation to external loads and behaviors. In this study, we used the finite element method to simulate the load acting on the intact femur of the Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in the cont...

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Autores principales:	Wei,Xinsen, Dong,Yiyi, Zhang,Zihui
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2019
Materias:	Quail Femur Finite element analysis Stress
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220190002006412019-09-11Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )Wei,XinsenDong,YiyiZhang,Zihui Quail Femur Finite element analysis Stress SUMMARY: The biomechanical performance of limb bones is useful to reflect an animal’s adaptation to external loads and behaviors. In this study, we used the finite element method to simulate the load acting on the intact femur of the Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in the context of terrestrial locomotion and take-off for flight, in order to explore the functional significance of the femoral form and limb postures. It is shown that the distribution of stress was similar in all cases, furthermore, the lower 2/3 of the dorsal and ventral region of the femur suffered higher stress, and the junction between the distal diaphysis and the medial condyle was the most vulnerable area. The stress reaches its highest value under the condition of about 90-100 degrees of loading angle; when this angle is larger than 110 degrees, the femur will be relatively safe. These findings suggested that quail femur is more suitable to terrestrial locomotion than take-off. This kind of work will contribute to revealing the locomotor behavior of fossil taxa.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.37 n.2 20192019-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022019000200641en10.4067/S0717-95022019000200641
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spellingShingle	Quail Femur Finite element analysis Stress Wei,Xinsen Dong,Yiyi Zhang,Zihui Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )
description	SUMMARY: The biomechanical performance of limb bones is useful to reflect an animal’s adaptation to external loads and behaviors. In this study, we used the finite element method to simulate the load acting on the intact femur of the Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in the context of terrestrial locomotion and take-off for flight, in order to explore the functional significance of the femoral form and limb postures. It is shown that the distribution of stress was similar in all cases, furthermore, the lower 2/3 of the dorsal and ventral region of the femur suffered higher stress, and the junction between the distal diaphysis and the medial condyle was the most vulnerable area. The stress reaches its highest value under the condition of about 90-100 degrees of loading angle; when this angle is larger than 110 degrees, the femur will be relatively safe. These findings suggested that quail femur is more suitable to terrestrial locomotion than take-off. This kind of work will contribute to revealing the locomotor behavior of fossil taxa.
author	Wei,Xinsen Dong,Yiyi Zhang,Zihui
author_facet	Wei,Xinsen Dong,Yiyi Zhang,Zihui
author_sort	Wei,Xinsen
title	Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )
title_short	Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )
title_full	Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )
title_fullStr	Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )
title_full_unstemmed	Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )
title_sort	finite element analysis of the femur of japanese quail ( coturnix coturnix japonica )
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2019
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022019000200641
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Finite Element Analysis of the Femur of Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )

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