Effect of Microstructure of Spongy Bone in Different Parts of Woodpecker’s Skull on Resistance to Impact Injury

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(a) The three parts on the skull of birds and micro-CT scan images of cranial bone of (b) Great Spotted Woodpecker; (c) Grey Headed Woodpecker; (d) Eurasian hoopoe; (e) Mongolian skylark; (f) Great Tit: (A) forehead; (B) temporomandibular; (C) occiput.

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