Structure and contractile properties of the ostial muscle (musculus orbicularis ostii) in the heart of the American lobster

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 529-537

  Yazawa, T ^a   Wilkens, J L ^b   Ter Keurs, H E D J ^b   Cavey, M J ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contraction; Heart; Homarus americanus (Crustacea); Ostium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033373292     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050252     Document Type: Article

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