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 L519 R024 L55
21 R621 L128 L47
23 L441 R039 R54
22 L539 R239 L66
50 R351 R0
29 R629 R0
41 R7
39 R5
43 R4
19 R5
49 R6

Average number5.1Average number0.5Average number55.5