The functional architecture of skeletal compared to cardiac musculature: Myocyte orientation, lamellar unit morphology, and the helical ventricular myocardial band

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 316-332

  Stephenson, Robert S ^a   Agger, Peter ^b   Lunkenheimer, Paul P ^c   Zhao, Jichao ^d   Smerup, Morten ^b   Niederer, Peter ^e   Anderson, Robert H ^f,g   Jarvis, Jonathan C ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac muscle; lamellar units; myocyte orientation; three dimensional meshwork

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ARRANGEMENT; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DYNAMICS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HELICAL VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL BAND; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMELLAR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEART;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84947976014     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22661     Document Type: Review

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