Morphology of the cricopharyngeal muscle in Zenker and control specimens

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 573-578

  Schulze, Stacey L ^a   Rhee, John S ^a   Kulpa, Judith I ^a   Danielson, Susan K ^a   Toohill, Robert J ^a   Jaradeh, Safwan S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cricopharyngeal muscle; Deglutition; Esophageal diverticulum; Neuromuscular disease; Pharynx; Zenker's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DENERVATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; PHARYNX; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STAINING; SWALLOWING; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; NAD; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; VAGUS NERVE; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0036313610     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940211100702     Document Type: Article

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