Neuromuscular physiology of the strike m
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Burrows, Malcolm ;Hoyle, Graham
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Article
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1972
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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This study was planned to determine the neuromuscular basis of the very rapid strike movement, lasting only 5 -1 0 ms, used by mantis shrimps to capture prey or defend themselves. The raptorial second thoracic appendages which are responsible for the strike action are unfurled by four muscles i n th