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Motor units and functional anatomy of the human musculus opponens digiti minimi
V C Carvalho1, A I Cintra, H Santo Neto
1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil.
Anatomischer Anzeiger
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
The present anatomical investigation showed that, in 4 musculus opponens digiti minimi beings studied, we found an average value of 158 motor units and 100 muscle fibres per motor unit. These data are in accordance with the execution of the complex action of the m. opponens as an articular stabilizer.