Myoneural junctions of extraocular muscles: Distances from the orbital rim and widths

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-93

  Kakizaki, Hirohiko ^a   Zako, Masahiro ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^a   Asamoto, Ken ^a   Miyagawa, Toshiaki ^b   Iwaki, Masayoshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extraocular muscle; Myoneural junction; Orbital rim to myoneural junction; Width of myoneural junction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; ORBIT;

AGED; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORBIT;

EID: 33344458465     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090572     Document Type: Article

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