Muscle spindle morphology in the tenuissimus muscle of the golden syrian hamster

The tenuissimus is a long, thin hindlimb skeletal muscle which in hamsters contains about 200 extrafusal muscle fibers. Embedded in this richly innervated muscle is a continuous array of 16-20 closely packed muscle spindles suggesting that it may play a role in hindlimb proprioception. This high spi...

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Main Author: Patten, Robert Michael
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29747