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Multi-motor End-plate Muscle Fibres in the Human Vocalis Muscle

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THE existence of human skeletal muscle fibres with more than one motor end-plate has been demonstrated in the orbicularis muscle of the eyelid1 and the lateral rectus muscle of the orbit2. Recent research has also prompted the postulation of multi-motor end-plate muscle fibres in the human vocalis muscle3–5. Other workers6,7 deny this possibility.

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  1. Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, Department of Histology and Embryology, University of Turin, Italy

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ROSSI, G., CORTESINA, G. Multi-motor End-plate Muscle Fibres in the Human Vocalis Muscle. Nature 206, 629–630 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206629a0

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