Electron microscope studies of the ventral diaphragm of Locusta migratoria and of the slow wave of contraction after fixation by freeze substitution

Dierichs, R.

Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie 126(3): 402-420

1972


ISSN/ISBN: 0340-0336
PMID: 4553120
Document Number: 48616
The muscular system of the ventral diaphragm of Locusta migratoria (L.) consists of parallel muscle fibres, which are connected by structures like intercalated discs within transverse bridges. Each muscle fibre is enveloped by a thick sheath of connective tissue. The fibres are attached to the cuticula by means of hypodermic cells with tonofibrils. The muscular components are described and modifications caused by use of the freeze-substitution method are discussed.

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