title: Features of myoneural junctions in the extraocular muscles of the opossum (Didelphis albiventris).
abstract: The myoneural junctions present in the opossum (Didelphis albiventris) extraocular muscles were studied through histochemical and ultrastructural techniques. Three different types of junction were shown: two single types, 'en grappe' and 'en plaque', present in the middle third of the muscle fibers; and one multiple type, more rare and observed in the distal third of the muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Matheus
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009893:Opossums / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013045:Species Specificity