The physiology of neck muscles; their role in head movement and maintenance of posture
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Vol. 55 (3) , 332-338
- https://doi.org/10.1139/y77-047
Abstract
The intrinsic specializations which separate the head movement system from other motor systems was studied. The innervation of the cat neck muscles and their coordination was also discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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