Horses' Bad Vibrations.

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  • Author(s): Guterman, Lila
  • Source:
    Chronicle of Higher Education. 1/11/2002, Vol. 48 Issue 18, pA17. 1p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HORSE anatomy; MUSCLES
    • Abstract:
      Deals with a report from the December 2001 issue of 'Nature,' which revealed the role of tiny muscles in horses' legs in protecting the animals' bones and tendons from injury. Methods used in the research; Reaction of scientists to the discovery; Remarks from the lead researcher; Implications of the work for understanding the evolution of animal anatomy.