THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE FIBERS OF MAMMALS
THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE FIBERS OF MAMMALS
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哺乳动物眼外肌纤维的结构
DOI:
10.1016/b978-0-12-071050-8.50007-0
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发表时间:
1971
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影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
L. Peachey
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作者:
L. Peachey
All the muscles of the extraocular group with the exception of the retractor bulbi (when present) contain a mixture of muscle fibers of different types. These different types can be recognized by histological appearance, fine structure as seen in the electron microscope, innervation pattern, and histochemistry, as well as by various physiological properties such as electrical activity or speed of contraction. Ultimately we would like to understand how each of these fiber types contributes to eye movements. Attainment of this goal would clearly be facilitated by precise and correlated knowl edge of the structural and functional properties of each muscle fiber type. Integration of this information with knowledge of the eye movements themselves, the mechanics of the orbit, and the activities of the central nervous system would give a complete picture of eye movements. However, for the present, we are faced with an incomplete and somewhat confused array of morphological and physiological parameters, unable to know with certainty. the properties of any particular type of muscle fiber. Dr. Bach-y-Rita already has reviewed the physiology of these muscles. I have been asked to review our knowledge of the structure of the extraocular muscles and to bring this together insofar as possible into an overall scheme. The main force of my presentation will be directed toward the presence in these muscles of fibers of different structural types. Obviously this is only one part of the general question of'slow'vs.'fast'muscle fibers in all muscles, a subject badly in need of careful consideration. However, the ambition to write a comprehensive review on this subject has eluded me for several years now, and I welcome this chance to address myself to the more restricted area defined by the fascinating muscles of the extraocular group. I will confine my review to mammals and to the extrafusal fibers of the six muscles within the orbit, excluding the retractor bulbi. I will start by discussing the histological arrangement of fibers in the muscles. Second, I will consider histochemical and ultrastructural aspects of the various fiber types, which will lead to a classification system including five different types of fibers. Third, and finally, I will discuss some problems of relating structure to function, and briefly discuss the motor nerve endings in these muscles.