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Muscle Mechanoreceptors in Nonmammalian Vertebrates

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Comparative Aspects of Mechanoreceptor Systems

Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology ((COMPARATIVE,volume 10))

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Barker (1974) gives a comprehensive review of the anatomy of muscle receptors of mammalian and nonmammalian vertebrates. In the vertebrates, all skeletal, smooth and heart muscles are innervated by free nerve endings. They are supplied by nonmyelinated axons (0.2–1 μm in diameter; classified into group C in vertebrate or group IV in mammals), and some thin myelinated axons (2–6 μum in diameter; group Aδ of vertebrates in general or group III or II in mammals). The endings consist of numerous parallel varicose threads either on the surface of the extrafusal muscle fiber and tendon, or lying in the connective tissue in muscle and joint capsule as well as in the spindle sensory ending of frogs (cf. Barker 1974). The number and length of the nonmyelinated terminal branches varies widely between species and even between individual preparations.

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Ito, F., Sokabe, M., Fujitsuka, N. (1992). Muscle Mechanoreceptors in Nonmammalian Vertebrates. In: Ito, F. (eds) Comparative Aspects of Mechanoreceptor Systems. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76690-9_12

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