Mammals

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  • Osborn, M.L., Rau, A.R.P. & Homberger, D.G. subm. Free-Body Force Analysis of the Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: Development and Comparative Evaluation of 2D and 3D Computational Approaches. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  • Sonnier, B. & Homberger, D.G. 2018. 3D Modeling and Animation of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) of a Human Male with Implications for the Study of TMJ Dysfunction. FASEB J., 32 (April; Suppl.): TBA
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2017. Free-body Diagram Force Analysis in 2D and 3D: A Tool to Study Comparative Vertebrate Biomechanics. FASEB J., 31 (April, Suppl.): 577.9 http://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.577.9
  • Homberger, D.G. 2017. Functional-morphological Diversity and Complexity of the Larynx as a Basis for Vocal Complexity in Birds: Analogies to Human Speech. FASEB J., 31 (April, Suppl.): 577.8 http://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.577.8
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2016. The head suspension apparatus of cats and the shoulder suspension apparatus of humans: Modeling a macroevolutionary transformation with extant organisms. Anatomical Record 299 (Special Feature: ICVM11-2016 Program and Abstracts): 27, 134-135.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2015. The Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: A Causal Explanation for Bilateral Asymmetry and a Fresh Look at the Evolution of Human Bipedality. Anat. Rec., 298 (9): 1572–1588. doi:10.1002/ar.23178. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26054034 . See also Anatomy Now (Newsletter of the American Association of Anatomists), September 2015.
  • Cooper, A.N. 2014. Functional morphology of the clavicular system in the Cat (Felis catus). Honors Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Osborn, M.L., Ge, J., K.P. Melancon, A.R.P. Rau & D.G. Homberger. 2014. Bad Posture and its Effects on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis. Integr. Comp. Biol. 54 (suppl 1): e158. doi: 10.1093/icb/icu008
  • Osborn, M.L. 2013. The comparative anatomy of the head, neck, and shoulder of human beings and tetrapods. Ph.D. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04112013-203731/
  • Osborn, M.L., Ge, J., Melancon, K.P., Rau, A.R.P. & Homberger, D.G. 2013. The Effect of Posture on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis. FASEB J., 27 (April 9):747.5
  • Bragulla, H.H., Homberger, D.G. & Wood, B.M. 2012. The postnatal development of the paranasal sinuses in the horse. FASEB J., 26 (March 29): 907.12
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2012. Comparative functional morphology of the head suspension of quadrupedal cats and the shoulder suspension of bipedal humans. FASEB J., 26 (March 29): 455.4.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2011. Biomechanical analysis of the human head-neck-shoulder complex: Asymmetry as a natural experiment. FASEB J., 25 (March 17): 867.7.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2011. The human head-neck-shoulder complex: A configuration to free the hands. Oral abstract 83.4 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 51 (suppl 1): e1-e157. doi: 10.1093/icb/icr008.
  • Bragulla, H.H., Foster, A.L., Stokes, A.M., Lopez, M.J. & Homberger, D.G. 2010. Distribution patterns of soft and hard keratin proteins in finger nails, cat claws, and horse hooves. FASEB J., 24 (April 6): 822.3.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2010. The function and evolution of the mastoid process and clavicle in humans: A natural experiment. FASEB J., 24 (April 6): lb9.
  • Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2010. The postnatal development of the feline distal phalanx. FASEB J., 24 (April 6): 454.3.
  • Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. A comparative analysis of the cat claw, horse hoof, and human fingernail. FASEB J., 23 (April 22): 415.1.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. Asymmetry of the cranio-cervico-omo-clavicular complex (CCOCC) in right-handed humans is functionally related to handedness. FASEB J., 23 (April 22): 822.4.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. Asymmetry in the human cranio-cervico-omo-clavicular complex suggests connection with bipedalism. Oral abstract 25.4 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 49 (suppl 1): e1-e190. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp002.
  • Homberger, D.G., Ham, K., Ogunbakin, T., Bonin, J.A., Hopkins, B.A., Osborn, M.L., Hossain, I., Barnett, H.A., Matthews II, K.L., Butler, L.G., & Bragulla, H.H. 2009. The structure of the cornified claw sheath in the domestic cat (Felis catus): Implications for the claw shedding mechanism. Journal of Anatomy, 214: 620-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01068.x
  • Bonin, J.A., Hossein, I., Ham, K., Ogunbakin, T., Hopkins, B.A, Osborn, M.L., Barnett, H.A., Matthews, K.L., Butler, L.G., Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. The complex morphology of the cat as revealed through virtual dissection by x-ray tomography and software-assisted visualization. Poster abstract P2.60 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 49 (suppl 1): e191-e332. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp003.
  • Homberger, D.G., Barnett, H., Ogunbakin, T., Ham, K., Matthews II, K.L., Butler, L., & Bragulla, H.H. 2007. The microarchitecture of the cornified epidermal sheath of the cat claw. J. Morph, 268 (12): 1086. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.10589/epdf
  • Bragulla, H.H., Barnett, H., Ogunbakin, T., Osborn, M., Ham, K., Matthews II, K.L., Butler, L., & Homberger, D.G. 2007. The development and vascularization of the bony core (third phalanx) of the cat claw. J. Morph, 268 (12): 1052. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.10589/epdf
  • Bragulla, H.H., Gaines, S.A., Henk, W.G., Homberger, D.G., & Hillmann, D.J. 2007. Development and resorption of deciduous teeth in the Bowhead Whale fetus (Balaena mysticetus; Mysticeti: Balaenidae). J. Morph., 268 (12): 1052. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.10589/epdf
  • Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2007. The role of the specific, profilaggrin-containing keratohyalin granules in the developing epidermis of the fetal horse hoof. Pferdeheilkunde, 23 (1): 5-20.
  • Homberger, D. G. & Walker, W. F. 2004. Vertebrate Dissection, 9th revised edition. Brooks/Cole, Florence, Kentucky (formerly Harcourt Publishing, currently under Thomson Learning). (Textbook, ISBN 0-03-022522-1)
  • Walker, W. F. & D. G. Homberger. 1997. Anatomy and Dissection of the Fetal Pig, 5th revised edition. W.H. Freeman & Co., New York. (Textbook, ISBN 0-71-672637-8)
  • Walker, W. F. & D. G. Homberger. 1997. Anatomy and Dissection of the Rat, 3rd revised edition. W.H. Freeman & Co., New York. (Textbook, ISBN 0-71-672635-1)
  • Walker, W. F. & D. G. Homberger. 1993. A Study of the Cat, With References to Human Beings, 5th revised edition. Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia. (Textbook, ISBN 0-71-679296-6)
  • Walker, W. F. & D. G. Homberger. 1992. Vertebrate Dissection, 8th revised edition. Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia. (Textbook, ISBN 9-78-003047434-7)