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[Structural organization of the human masticatory muscle in case of mandible immobilisation]
Abstract:
The data of microscopic, ultramicroscopic and quantitative analyses of the masticatory skeletal muscles were presented of 20 patients with lower jaw's fracture after 3-24 days of splinting. Some manifestations of extensive damages of musculature connected with a specific time span of immobilization and type of muscle fibers. An energy-giving apparatus, presented with mitochondria, a repository of calcium ions, formed with cisternae of sarcoplasmic reticulum, were significantly changed than contractile apparatus of muscle fibers.
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