HISTOLOGICAL OBSERVATION OF RECEPTORS IN MUSCULUS TIBIALIS ANTERIOR OF CAT / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

When we study the effect of acupuncture-anaesthesia,we need to know the receptors in the muscle.The upper part of the musculus tibialis anterior was our object,which may contain the points of Zusanli and Shangjuxu.The musculi soleus and gastrocnemius were taken also for the purpose of comparation.We found there are four kinds of receptors in these muscles by Barkers method,the tradition gold method and so forth. The four kinds of receptors were the muscle spindles,the tendon organs,the Pacinian corpuscles and free nerve endings.We found no Pacinian corpuscles in the musculus tibialis anterior.So we suggests thar the muscle spindles may be the receptors for the acupuncture,but the free nerve endings may not be expelled.