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Pectoral girdle and forelimb musculoskeletal function in the echidna (
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Abstract
Although evolutionary transformation of the pectoral girdle and forelimb appears to have had a profound impact on mammalian locomotor and ecological diversity, both the sequence of anatomical changes and the functional implications remain unclear. Monotremes can provide insight into an important stage of this evolutionary transformation, due to their phylogenetic position as the sister-group to therian mammals and their mosaic of plesiomorphic and derived features. Here we build a musculoskeletal computer model of the echidna pectoral girdle and forelimb to estimate joint ranges of motion (ROM) and muscle moment arms (MMA)-two fundamental descriptors of biomechanical function. We find that the echidna's skeletal morphology restricts scapulocoracoid mobility and glenohumeral flexion-extension compared with therians. Estimated shoulder ROMs and MMAs for muscles crossing the shoulder indicate that morphology of the echidna pectoral girdle and forelimb is optimized for humeral adduction and internal rotation, consistent with limited
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