Observations on the number, distribution and morphological peculiarities of muscle spindles in the tensor tympani and stapedius muscle of man

Hearing Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 71-77

  Kierner, Antonius C ^a   Zelenka, Irmgard ^a   Lukas, Julius R ^b   Aigner, Martin ^a   Mayr, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human anatomy; Muscle spindle; Stapedius muscle; Tensor tympani muscle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MIDDLE EAR; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSOR TYMPANI MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; STAPEDIUS; TENSOR TYMPANI;

EID: 0032801069     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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