Muscle fiber type distribution in the normal human levator veli palatini muscle

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 419-424

  Moon, Jerald B ^a   Thompson, Sue Ann ^b   Jaeckel, Elise ^c   Canady, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber type; Levator veli palatini; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CADAVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; PALATAL MUSCLES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031705598     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1998)035<0419:MFTDIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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