Architecture and the division of labor in the extensor carpi radialis muscle of horses

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 127-135

  Hermanson, John W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Horse; Muscle architecture; Myosin isoforms

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; HORSE; JOINT STABILITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SLOW MUSCLE;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSES; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSINS;

EID: 0031462785     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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