Ultraviolet inactivation of chloroplast formation was studied in synchronously dividing cultures of Euglena gracilis. Sensitivity to sublethal doses given at intervals throughout the cell cycle was greater just before cell division than during division. There was approximately a twofold difference in the doseresponse relationships for the periods of high and low sensitivity.

The dynamic characteristics of the rat gracilis anticus muscle at 17.5 degrees C have been determined by isotonic and isometric loading. For a fixed initial length these characteristics were represented either as a family of length-velocity phase trajectories at various isotonic afterloads or as a series of force-velocity curves at different lengths. An alternate method of viewing these data, t...

+MacLeod, T D; Snyder-Mackler, L; Axe, M J; Buchanan, T S + Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Delaware, DE [email protected] ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is commonly performed with a cadaveric allograft (ALLO) or a hamstring semitendinosus-gracilis (STG) autograft. Knee flexor strength deficits following STG reconstruction are a g...

We tested the hypothesis that impairment of flow-dependent dilator mechanisms of skeletal muscle arterioles is one of the underlying reasons for the increased peripheral resistance in hypertension. Isolated, cannulated arterioles (approximately 55 microns) of gracilis muscle of 12-week-old spontaneously hypertensive (SH) and normotensive Wistar (NW) rats were investigated. At a constant perfusi...

Background: Devastating extremity injuries are prevalent but most often survivable on the modern battlefield. The complexity of these injuries requires advanced methods of reconstruction. This study is designed to validate the feasibility of gracilis myocutaneous flap transplantation via microvascular free tissue transfer in a porcine model. This model will facilitate study of autotransplant ph...

To measure regional saturation of oxygen ( rSO 2 ) of hemoglobin and total hemoglobin index (HbI) in the brain (through the molera of the head) and skeletal muscle (musculus gracilis) of conscious Chihuahua dogs using an examiner’s finger-mounted near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) device, Toccare, we investigated brain and skeletal muscle NIRS in 48 Chihuahuas without severe disease. To measure ...

Kozma, Fruzsina, Robert A. Johnson, Fan Zhang, Changhua Yu, Xianglan Tong, and Alberto Nasjletti. Contribution of endogenous carbon monoxide to regulation of diameter in resistance vessels. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1087–R1094, 1999.— Endogenous carbon monoxide was proposed to subserve vasodepressor functions. If so, inhibition of heme oxygenase may be exp...

A sartorius muscle is the longest muscle of the human system. It runs over 2 joints- hip and knee joints. In the study 10 sartorius muscles were examined. They were dissected free of lower human limbs. Dimensions of limbs which these muscles come from and dimensions of the muscles and their component parts were examined. The attention was paid mainly to parts of tendon located inside the muscle...

BACKGROUND The iliacus muscle is proposed as a new solution for coverage of small to medium defects where either a bulky flap or conspicuous donor sites are undesirable. METHODS Dissection and Microfil studies were performed on fresh cadavers to define the gross and microvascular anatomy of the muscle. Live evaluation of the muscle was performed in combination with multiple iliac crest free t...