An exceptionally high density of muscle spindles in a slow-tonic pigeon muscle

Slow tonic muscle fibers in the thyroary

Slow tonic muscle fibers in the thyroarytenoid muscles of human vocal folds; a possible specialization for speech

✍ Han, Yingshi ;Wang, Jun ;Fischman, Donald A. ;Biller, Hugh F. ;Sanders, Ira 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 496 KB 👁 2 views

Most of the sounds of human speech are produced by vibration of the vocal folds, yet the biomechanics and control of these vibrations are poorly understood. In this study the muscle within the vocal fold, the thyroarytenoid muscle (TA), was examined for the presence and distribution of slow tonic mu