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A comparison of quantitative ultrastructural and contractile characteristics of muscle fibre types of the perch,Perca fluviatilis L.

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Quantitative ultrastructural and physiological parameters were investigated in three types of muscle fibres ofPerca fluviatilis: white fibres from the m. levator operculi anterior, pink (intermediate) fibres of the m. hyohyoideus and deep red fibres of the m. levator operculi anterior. Times to peak tension and half relaxation times of isometric twitches increased in the mentioned order. The extent of contact between the T system and the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the relative volume and surface area of the terminal cisternae showed an inverse relation with the time to peak tension of the twitch. The maximal isometric tetanic force per unit cross section area was similar for all three investigated types. The inverse relation between the time to peak tension of the twitch and the relative length of contact between T system and SR is in agreement with data obtained for fast- and slow twitch muscle fibres of the carp,Cyprinus carpio L.

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Abbreviations

LOPA :

musculus levator operculi anterior

HH :

musculus hyohyoideus

SR :

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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  1. Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Agricultural University, POBox 338, NL 6700 HA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    H. A. Akster

  2. Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, State University Leiden, Wassenaarseweg 62, NL-2333 AL, Leiden, The Netherlands

    H. L. M. Granzier & H. E. D. J. ter Keurs

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Akster, H.A., Granzier, H.L.M. & ter Keurs, H.E.D.J. A comparison of quantitative ultrastructural and contractile characteristics of muscle fibre types of the perch,Perca fluviatilis L.. J Comp Physiol B 155, 685–691 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00694582

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Keywords

  • Muscle Fibre
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
  • Fibre Type
  • Inverse Relation
  • Relative Length