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PROTRACTOR

A protractor for clinical use is a device intended for use in measuring the angles of bones, such as on X-rays or in surgery.
National Institutes of Health

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Range of Motion, Articular

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2008
2008
Locomotor function of forelimb protractor and retractor muscles of dogs: evidence of strut-like behavior at the shoulder
SUMMARY The limbs of running mammals are thought to function as inverted struts. When mammals run at constant speed, the ground… 
1996
1996
Sonic/vocal‐acousticolateralis pathways in teleost fishes: A transneuronal biocytin study in mochokid catfish
Mochokid catfish have two sound‐producing (sonic) organs—a pectoral spine stridulatory apparatus and a swimbladder whose… 
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1988
Highly Cited
1988
Relationships between the FMRFamide-related peptides and other peptide families
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Effect of inhibitors of auxin transport and of calmodulin on a gravisensing-dependent current in maize roots.
Some characteristics of the gravity sensing mechanism in maize root caps were investigated using a bioelectric current as an… 
1986
1986
Glossopharyngeal and tectal influences on tongue-muscle motoneurons in the Japanese toad
1984
1984
Presence and distribution of immunoreactive and bioactive FMRFamide-like peptides in the nervous system of the horseshoe crab, limulus polyphemus
1982
1982
Functional morphology of the head of the inertial suction feeding butterflyfish, Chaetodon miliaris (perciformes, chaetodontidae)
The structure and mechanism involved in jaw movements are described for an inertial high‐speed suction feeding fish, Chaetodon… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Purification and characterization of a cardioexcitatory neuropeptide from the central ganglia of a bivalve mollusc.
We have purified a cardioexcitatory substance, previously designated peak C, from ganglia of the Sunray Venus clam, Macrocallista… 
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1970
Highly Cited
1970
Electromechanical coupling in a molluscan muscle, the radula protractor of Busycon canaliculatum.
The radula protractor can be made to be spontaneously rhythmic, although it is normally a quiescent, phasic muscle, with… 
1968
1968
Distribution of heart potentials on the body surface in five normal young men. With a critical commentary on technic.
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