The contractile characteristics of individual mammalian tongue muscles have rarely been investigated, in contrast to spinal cordinnervated and extraocular muscles. Therefore, whole muscle and motor unit contractile forces, plus muscle fiber types, were studied in the genioglossus, the major protruso
Contractile properties of standard and nerve-intact muscle grafts in the rat
โ Scribed by Dr. John A. Faulkner; Dr. Bruce M. Carlson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 537 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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