asynchronous muscle [FBbt_00059031]

Skeletal muscle that does not exhibit a direct relationship between motor neuron activity and muscle contraction. Asynchronous muscles have very large fibrils, with nuclei scattered between them and distributed throughout the entire cross-section of the fiber. Some indirect flight muscles are asynchronous. (Chapman, 1998)

asynchronous muscle

ID: FBbt_00059031

Muscle

Skeletal muscle that does not exhibit a direct relationship between motor neuron activity and muscle contraction. Asynchronous muscles have very large fibrils, with nuclei scattered between them and distributed throughout the entire cross-section of the fiber. Some indirect flight muscles are asynchronous. (Chapman, 1998)

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Alternative Names

Synonym Scope Reference
fibrillar muscle exact synonym Chapman, 1998

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