[Intrinsic nerves of the pectoralis major and minor in man]

Arkh Anat Gistol Embriol. 1985 Jun;88(6):28-30.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

In the human intraorganic nerves of the thoracic muscles amyelin fibers make 62% and myelin ones--38%. In transversal sections ultrastructure of the myelin and amyelin fibers varying in their diameters has been studied. In the myelin and amyelin fibers the amount of various organells is not equal: in the amyelin fibers the arrangement density of microtubules is greater than that of neurofilaments, there is a reverse dependence between the amount of the microtubules and the neurofilaments on the one hand, and the fibrilar diameter, on the other hand. In the myelin fibers with the increasing diameter, the amount of the neurofilaments increases, while that of the microtubules decreases.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cell Count
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Nerve Fibers, Myelinated
  • Organoids / ultrastructure
  • Pectoralis Muscles / innervation*
  • Spinal Nerves / anatomy & histology*
  • Spinal Nerves / ultrastructure