Architecture and fiber type of the pyramidalis muscle

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 294-297

  Lovering, Richard M ^a   Anderson, Larry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber type; Microdissection; Pyramidalis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDALIS MUSCLE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RECTUM; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; RECTUM; RECTUS ABDOMINIS;

EID: 60749107512     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073x.2007.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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