Research Article
Observational Study on the Occurrence of Muscle Spindles in Human Digastric and Mylohyoideus Muscles
Table 1
Absolute number of muscle spindles in selected suprahyoid muscles (digastric and mylohyoideus) and in controls (plantaris).
| Digastric (specimen number/side) | | Mylohyoideus (specimen number/side) | | Plantaris (specimen number/side) | |
| 21 L | 5 | 19 R | 0 | 24 L | 55 | 21 R | 6 | 21 L | 1 | 28 L | 47 | 23 L | 4 | 41 R | 0 | 39 R | 54 | 22 L | 5 | 39 R | 2 | 39 L | 66 | 50 R | 3 | 51 R | 0 | | | 29 R | 6 | 29 R | 0 | | | 41 R | 7 | | | | | 39 R | 5 | | | | | 43 R | 4 | | | | | 19 R | 5 | | | | | 49 R | 6 | | | | |
| Average number | 5.1 | Average number | 0.5 | Average number | 55.5 |
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