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Craniofacial Muscles

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Fig. 3.9 An example of a “mismatched fi ber” ( red arrow ) in serially sectioned rabbit inferior rectus

muscle which is positive for ( a ) fast MyHC (IIA), ( b ) slow MyHC (I), and ( c ) slow tonic MyHC

In limb skeletal muscle fi bers, fast myo fi bers (MyHCII) contain the fast isoform

of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ ATPase (SERCA1) and slow myo fi bers

(MyHC1) contain SERCA2. In contrast, 99% of the “fast” EOM myo fi bers contain

SERCA1, and 86% of these also contain SERCA2 (Kjellgren et al. 2003a, b ) . On

the other hand, 100% of the “slow” EOM myo fi bers contain SERCA2, but 54% also

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