Handbook - Hermaphrodite

Muscle System
Introduction
 see also
   Somatic Muscle
   Nonstriated Muscle
   GLR Cells
   Head Mesodermal Cell

1 Overview
2 Structure of the contractile apparatus

3 Excitation-contraction coupling

   3.1 EC coupling in vertebrates
   3.2 EC coupling in C. elegans
4 Muscle arms
   4.1 Somatic muscle arms
   4.2 Nonstriated muscle arms
5 References

Figures
MusFIG1AB
MusFIG 1A&B - The contractile
    apparatus in C. elegans
MusFIG1CD
MusFIG 1C&D - The contractile
    apparatus in vertebrates
MusFIG2
MusFIG 2 - Schematic of T-tubule
    structure in vertebrate muscle
MusFIG3
MusFIG 3 - Muscle arms
MusFIG4
MusFIG 4 - Muscle arm
    development
MusFIG5AB
MusFIG 5A&B - Muscle arms of
   the head muscles
MusFIG5C-F
MusFIG 5C-F - Muscle arms of the
    head muscles
MusFIG5G
MusFIG 5G - Color-coded TEM of
    muscle arms from posterior
    head muscles
MusFIG6A-F
MusFIG 6A-F - Muscle arms of
    body wall muscles
MusFIG6G-K
MusFIG 6G-K - Interdigitation of
    muscle arms from dorsal neck
    musclesMusMOVIE1
MusMOVIE 1 - 3-D reconstruction
   of head muscles and muscle
   arms
MusMOVIE2
MusMOVIE 2 - Interdigitation of
    neck muscle arms