Development of the motor endplates in the masseter muscle in the human fetus

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-23

  Ezure, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Fetus; Human; Masseter muscle; Motor endplate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOTUBE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH;

EID: 0030049646     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(96)80004-5     Document Type: Article

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