INTERPUBIC LIGAMENT - ELASTICITY IN PREGNANT FREE-TAILED BAT

被引：14

作者：

CRELIN, ES

机构：

[1] Department of Anatomy, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven

来源：

SCIENCE | 1969年 / 164卷 / 3875期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.164.3875.81

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The disparity between the size of the bony pelvis of a pregnant free-tailed bat and the single full-term fetus is so great that in order for birth to occur the interpubic ligament has to stretch to more than 15 times its original length. It is a living elastic band that contains an abundance of elastic fibers.

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