Functional morphology of serially linked skeletal muscle fibers

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 99-107

  Hijikata, Takao ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Force transmission; Muscle; Myomuscular junction; Nonspanning fibers; Tendinous intersection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031448061     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147972     Document Type: Article

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