Morphology and innervation of the human cremaster muscle in relation to its function

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 790-796

  Kayalioglu, Gulgun ^a   Altay, Baris ^a   Uyaroglu, Feray Gulec ^a   Bademkiran, Fikret ^a   Uludag, Burhanettin ^a   Ertekin, Cumhur ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cremaster muscle; Cremasteric reflex; Multiple motor end plates; Smooth muscle; Striated muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CREMASTER MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 47249123749     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20711     Document Type: Article

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