Skeletal muscle design to meet functional demands

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1570, 2011, Pages 1466-1476

  Lieber, Richard L ^a   Ward, Samuel R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle design; Sarcomere length; Skeletal muscle architecture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE; SKELETON;

EID: 79955376500     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0316     Document Type: Article

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