Chiropteran muscle biology: A perspective from molecules to function. Hermanson, John W., Kunz, Thomas H. & Racey, Paul A. (eds). Bat Biology and Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1998, i-xvi, 1-365. Chapter pagination: 127-139, ill. ISBN: 1560988258.
NAL call no: QL737 C5B367 1998
Descriptors: Chiroptera, wings, flight muscles, skeletal muscles, structure, function.
Comparative morphology and functional analysis of the sternum and musculi pectoralis in bats. Kovalyova, I.M.; Taraborkin, L.A. Myotis 36, Dec. 1998, p. 121-131. ill. ISSN: 0580-3896.
Descriptors: Chiroptera, thorax, skeletal musculature, sternum, morphology, shape.
Histochemical and electrophoretic analysis of the primary flight muscle of several phyllostomid bats. Hermanson, John W.; Ryan, James M.; Cobb, Matthew A.; Bentley, Jacqueline; Schutt, William A. Jr., Canadian Journal of Zoology, Nov. 1998, v. 76 (11), p. 1983-1992. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: pectoralis muscles, muscular system, type IIa muscle fibers.
Contractile function of a flight muscle over the range of hibernation temperature in bats. Cho, Y.M.; Oh, Y.K.; Choi, I.H.; Jung, N.P.; Shin, H.C., Korean Journal of Zoology (Korea Republic), Jan. 1996, v. 39 (1), p. 98-105.
NAL call no: 410.9 H19
Descriptors: muscle contraction, hibernation temperature.
Histochemical and myosin composition of vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) pectoralis muscle targets a unique locomotory niche. Hermanson, John W.; Cobb, Matthew; Schutt, William A.; Muradali, Farouk; Ryan, James M., Journal of Morphology, 1993, v. 217 (3), p. 347-356. ISSN: 0362-2525.
NAL call no: 444.8 J826
Descriptors: muscular system, evolution, adaptation, biophysics, biochemistry.
Comparative morphology of ventral muscles in bats. Kovaleva, I.M. European Bat Research 1987. Proceedings of the Fourth European Bat Research Symposium. Prague, Czechoslovakia. Aug. 18-23, 1987. Charles University Press, Prague. 1988: i-xxiii, 1-718. Chapter pagination 19-24. ill.
Descriptors: Chiroptera, skeletal musculature, ventral muscles, comparative morphology.
Pressure regulation in muscle of unanesthetized bats. Slaaf, D.W.; Reneman, R.S.; Wiederhielm, C.A. Microvascular Research, 1987, v. 33 (3), p. 315-326. ill. ISSN: 0026-2862.
Descriptors: skeletal musculature, haemodynamics, blood pressure regulation.
Biochemical and morphometric studies of heart, liver, and skeletal muscle in the bat, Eptesicus fuscus, during arousal from hibernation. Fonda, M.L.; Herbener, G.H. Bat Research News, 1982, v. 23 (4), p. 68. ISSN: 0005-6227.
NAL call no: QL737.C5 B328
Descriptors: cytoplasmic inclusions, lipid droplets, mitochondria, enzymes, ventricle.
Activity of the primary downstroke musculature during flight in Phyllostomatid, Molossid and Vespertilionid bats. Altenbach, S. Bat Research News, 1981, v. 22 (4), p. 31. ISSN: 0005-6227.
NAL call no: QL737.C5 B328
Descriptors: Chiroptera, muscle function, downstroke muscles, flight.
Localization of brain stem motoneurons innervating the laryngeal muscles in the rufous horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus rouxi. Schweizer, H.; Ruebsaman, R.; Ruehle, C. Brain Research, Dec. 28, 1981, v. 230 (1-2), p. 41-50. ISSN: 0006-8993.
NAL call no: Film S-1779
Descriptors: laryngeal muscles, innervation, motor neurons, anatomy.
A comparative study on the fine structure of tongue and cricothyroid muscle of the bat, Myotis gisescens, as revealed by thin section and freeze-fracture techniques. Reger, J.F. Journal of Ultrastructure Research, Jun. 1978, v. 63 (3), p. 275-286. ISSN: 0022-5320.
NAL call no: 440.8 J822
Descriptors: anatomy, histology, ultrastructure, diagnostic imaging.
Electron microscopic studies on a tubulo filamentous fasciculus in the bat cricothyroid muscle. Cho, Y.; Sidie, J.M.; DeBruyn, P.P. Journal of Ultrastructure Research, Nov. 1972, v. 41 (3), p. 344-357. ISSN: 0022-5320.
NAL call no: 440.8 J822
Descriptors: muscles, cytology, anatomy, histology.
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