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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
The topography of muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs in the rotator cuff and surrounding shoulder muscles of a small laboratory marsupial (monodelphis domestica) were studied using light microscopy of serial sections. The shoulder joint of monodelphis has a large degree of freedom of movement allowing this animal to use the upper extremities for a wide range of activities like climbing and manipulating food. Thus, similar to the situation in man the shoulder joint is mainly secured by muscles. Silver stained serial paraffin sections were examined under the light microscope and the distribution of muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs was reconstructed using three-dimensional image processing. In the two animals examined 113 and 131 muscle spindles respectively were found within the 4 rotator cuff muscles. In addition, 76 and 40 Golgi tendon organs respectively were seen at the musculo-tendinous junctions of these muscles preferentially close to the insertion at the humerus head. Also the surrounding shoulder muscles contain both muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs in large numbers, but the ratio of Golgi tendon organs per muscle spindle appears to be lower. Number and localization of muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs suggest, that these receptors are important for both reflex control of shoulder muscle tone as well as monitoring of static position and movement in the shoulder joint.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0940-9602
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
183
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Topography of muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs in shoulder muscles of "Monodelphis domestica".
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Functional Anatomy, University of Hamburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article