Muscle spindles in the jaw-closer muscles of the domestic cat

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-309

  Burhanudin, R ^a   McDonald, F ^a,b   Rowlerson, A ^b  

^a Guy's Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mastication; Proprioception; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; FAST MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; JAW MUSCLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE; STAIN; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MYOSINS;

EID: 0029967734     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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