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The comparative structure and function of muscle.

The Comparative Structure and Function of Muscle.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Huddart, Henry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, [1975]
Edición:[1st ed.].
Colección:International series of monographs on pure and applied biology. Division, Zoology ; v. 53.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Introduction; SECTION 1: THE STRUCTURE OF MUSCLE; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Fine Structure of Skeletal Muscle; Publisher Summary; The Contractile Component; The Non-contractile Component; Heterogeneity of Muscle Fibres; Chapter 2: The Fine Structure of Cardiac and Visceral Muscle; Publisher Summary; Cardiac Muscle; Visceral Muscle; Chapter 3: The Innervation of Muscle; Publisher Summary; The Vertebrate and Arthropod Pattern; SECTION 2: THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF MUSCLE; Introduction; Chapter 4: The Ionic Basis of the Resting Potential
  • Publisher SummaryThe Ionic Hypothesis; The Experimental Testing of the Ionic Hypothesis; Membrane Structure and Permeability; Chapter 5: The Action Potential and the Activation of Muscle; Publisher Summary; The Sodium Hypothesis; Testing of the Sodium Hypothesis; Membrane Circuitry; Evocation of the Action Potential; Chapter 6: Electrical Activity and Electrochemistry of Invertebrate Skeletal Muscle; Publisher Summary; Introduction; Nematodes; Annelids; Arachnids; Crustaceans; Insects; Molluscs; Echinoderms; Chapter 7: Electrical Activity of Invertebrate and Vertebrate Cardiac Muscle
  • Publisher SummaryMYOGENIC HEARTS; Tunicates; Insects; Molluscs; The Vertebrates; Birds; Mammals; NEUROGENIC HEARTS; Arachnids; THE ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF CARDIAC MUSCLE; The Resting Potential; The Action Potential; Chapter 8: The Electrical Activity and Electrochemistry of Visceral Muscle; Publisher Summary; Introduction; The Resting Potential; The Action Potential; The Innervation, Neural Control and Pharmacology of Vertebrate Visceral Muscle; Innervation, Neural Control and Pharmacology of Invertebrate Visceral Muscle; The Electrochemistry of Visceral Muscle
  • SECTION 3: THE MECHANICAL ACTIVITY OF MUSCLEIntroduction; Chapter 9: The Mechanics of Muscle; Publisher Summary; Chapter 10: Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Relaxation; Publisher Summary; Disruption and Modification of EC Coupling; A Short Glossary of Fine Structural and Physiological Terminology; References; Author Index; Subject Index; OTHER TITLES IN THE ZOOLOGY DIVISION