Meeting Abstract 118-2  Sunday, Jan. 7 08:15 – 08:30  Fatigue Resistant Jaw Muscles Facilitate Long-lasting Courtship Behavior in the Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) NGUYEN, A*; BALABAN, JP; AZIZI, E; TALMADGE, RJ; LAPPIN, AK; California State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine; California State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona; California State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona […]

Meeting Abstract 118-4  Sunday, Jan. 7 08:45 – 09:00  Diversity in connective tissue morphology across vertebrate muscle SLEBODA, DA*; ROBERTS, TJ; Brown University; Brown University david_sleboda@brown.edu Mammalian skeletal muscle contains three morphologically and functionally distinct layers of intramuscular connective tissue: the endomysium, perimysium, and epimysium. This structural arrangement is assumed to be ubiquitous across the animal kingdom; […]