Motor innervation of the cricopharyngeus muscle by the recurrent laryngeal nerve

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-94

  Hammond, Carol Smith ^b   Davenport, Paul W ^a   Hutchison, Alastair ^b   Otto, Randall A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Esophageal reflux; Glottis; Swallow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SHEEP; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

EID: 0030797415     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.1.89     Document Type: Article

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