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As a basis for the comparison of muscle development during the ontogenesis and regeneration of the limb, this part of the investigation has provided an anatomical description of the muscles of the forearm and hand of the adult axolotl. Gross preparations and histological serial cross sections of forelimbs were reviewed in the light of the findings of the older authors. An anatomical description and any synonyms have been provided for each muscle. The descriptions of muscles have been documented with drawings from the extensor and flexor aspects of the limb as well as with serial histological cross sections.
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Supported in part by a grant from the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America.
Some of this work was carried out during the course of scientific exchange visits from 1971–1974 sponsored by the United States and Czechoslovak Academies of Sciences.
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Grim, M., Carlson, B.M. A comparison of morphogenesis of muscles of the forearm and hand during ontogenesis and regeneration in the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Z. Anat. Entwickl. Gesch. 145, 137–148 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00519725
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