. The biology of marine animals. Marine animals; Physiology, Comparative. 510 THE BIOLOGY OF MARINE ANIMALS muscle fibres, and blanching is due to inhibition of peripheral tonus by inhibitory nerve fibres which originate in the stellate ganglion. Such a scheme involves double innervation of the muscle fibres, motor and inhibitory. Superimposed upon peripheral tonus, however, are twitch con- tractions and tetanic contractions which can be produced by electrical stimulation of mantle nerves, and which normally are under central con- >m::U,. >;'•••*• (a). Please note that these images are e


. The biology of marine animals. Marine animals; Physiology, Comparative. 510 THE BIOLOGY OF MARINE ANIMALS muscle fibres, and blanching is due to inhibition of peripheral tonus by inhibitory nerve fibres which originate in the stellate ganglion. Such a scheme involves double innervation of the muscle fibres, motor and inhibitory. Superimposed upon peripheral tonus, however, are twitch con- tractions and tetanic contractions which can be produced by electrical stimulation of mantle nerves, and which normally are under central con- >m::U,. >;'•••*• (a). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nicol, J. A. Colin (Joseph Arthur Colin), 1915-. New York, Interscience Publishers


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