Structure, distribution and innervation of muscle spindles in avian fast and slow skeletal muscle

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-394

  Ovalle, William K ^a   Dow, Pierre R ^a   Nahirney, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian skeletal muscle; Intrafusal muscle fibres; Muscle spindles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOWL; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0033016799     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1999.19430381.x     Document Type: Article

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