 | 1893 - 376 pages
...contrary, where the contractile power is much less, the myonemes are exceeding minute (Fig. 9, »/«.). The myonemes are to be regarded as highly-specialized...responsible for the contractions of the animal. Lieberkiihn ('sv) was the first to observe the contraction of the myonemes, and it has since been very accurately... | |
 | Protista - 1926 - 626 pages
...exceedingly interesting to watch the action of these myonemes in a strongly-compressed Stentor äs they alternately extend and contract; and no one who...are responsible for the contractions of the animal." Meine Untersuchungen können das bestätigen. In Übereinstimmung mit der LiEBERKÜHN'schen Angabe... | |
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... contractile. He assigns to it the slow and gradual contraction one often sees in Stentor, so different from the lightning-like shortening effected by the myonemes. It is exceedingly interesting to watch the action of the myonemes in a strongly-compressed... 