Actomyosin Atpase Activity Of Human Laryngeal Muscles

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Abstract
The muscles from seven human larynxes removed by laryngectomy have been examined for acto-myosin ATPase by histochemical methods. The various muscles contained a mixture of ATPase low (type I) and ATPase high (type II) muscle fibres. The thyreo-arytenoid muscle had the highest proportion of type II fibres (65%) and the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle had the highest proportion of type I fibres (67%). The other laryngeal muscles had intermediate valves. All human laryngeal muscles had a higher percentage of type I fibres than the corresponding muscles in animals so far examined, a finding which may be related to the development of speech.