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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
The articularis humeri (AH) muscle of the horse is a small muscle composed of histochemically identified type I and IIA extrafusal fibers and a large number of muscle spindles. A total of 150 complete spindles with both spindle poles available were examined in serial transverse sections. On the basis of myosin ATPase-staining reactions after alkaline and acid preincubations, four types of intrafusal fibers, namely, bag1, bag2, "mixed" bag, and chain fibers, were identified. A high proportion of the spindle population (62.6%) consisted of multiple-bag spindles containing three or more (up to six) bag fibers. Also one-bag-fiber spindles were observed. The one-bag-fiber spindles containing a bag2 fiber could be traced into tandem linkages. "Mixed" bag intrafusal fibers, differing in their ATPase staining profile at the two poles, were found in spindles containing also at least one bag1 and one bag2 fiber. An unusually long extracapsular tract (up to 5,500 microns) of the bag intrafusal fibers was observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-276X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
232
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
378-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
High incidence of multiple-bag fiber muscle spindles in the articularis humeri muscle of the horse.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Bologna, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't