期刊: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY, 2022; 241 (5)
The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is the peripheral synapse formed between a motor axon and a skeletal muscle fibre that allows muscle contraction and ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY, 2022; 240 (6)
Dicraeosaurid sauropods are iconically characterized by the presence of elongate hemispinous processes in presacral vertebrae. These hemispinous proce......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY, 2022; 240 (1)
Approximately one-third of randomly produced knockout mouse lines produce homozygous offspring, which fail to survive the perinatal period. The majori......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY, 2022; 240 (5)
Muscle size is an important determinant of muscular fitness and health, and so it is important to have accurate estimates of actual muscle growth in c......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY, 2022; 241 (1)
Dissection reports of large cats (family Felidae) have been published since the late 19th century. These reports generally describe the findings in wo......
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Vagal afferents regulate numerous physiological functions including arterial blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and nociception. Cell bodies of va......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY, 2022; 241 (6)
Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity, air-filled bones of the trunk and limbs, is exclusive to birds among extant tetrapods and exhibits significant vari......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY, 2022; 241 (6)
Two sets of teeth (diphyodonty) characterise extant mammals but not reptiles, as they generate many replacement sets (polyphyodonty). The transition i......