The histomorphologic structure of the levator ani muscle and its functional significance

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-124

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a   Asaad, S ^a   Doss, S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Defecation; Mechanism; Myoelectric activity; Skeletal muscle; Smooth muscle fibers; Types I, II; Urination

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MICTURITION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; NEWBORN; PELVIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE SECTION; VISCERA; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; CADAVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; CADAVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PELVIC FLOOR;

EID: 0036274220     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001920200026     Document Type: Article

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