Abstract
THE muscle-spindles, shown by Cooper1 to exist in the intrinsic tongue muscles of man and rhesus monkey, have not so far been satisfactorily demonstrated in other species.
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Cooper, S., J. Physiol., 122, 193 (1953).
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Boyd, J. D., J. Anat. Lond., 75, 330 (1941).
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LAW, M. Lingual Proprioception in Pig, Dog and Cat. Nature 174, 1107–1108 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1741107b0
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