Strap Muscles

Strap muscles are thin, elongated skeletal muscles that stabilize and move anatomical structures, most commonly referring to the infrahyoid muscles of the neck. These muscles work through coordinated contraction to depress the hyoid bone and larynx after swallowing and to support movements involved in speech and airway control. In cancer research, understanding strap-muscle anatomy helps characterize tumor invasion, plan head and neck cancer surgery, and assess treatment-related effects on swallowing and neck function. Their location and relationship to the thyroid, larynx, trachea, and cervical tissues also make them important landmarks in imaging, biopsy, and surgical studies.

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In Vivo Functional Assessment of Rat Masseter Muscle Following Surgical Creation of a Volumetric Muscle Loss (VML) Injury

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2024

Volumetric muscle loss (VML) injuries exceed endogenous regenerative ability, resulting in permanent functional deficits. Current VML research primarily focuses on limb and trunk muscles. To extend mechanistic studies of VML to craniofacial muscles, this article describes an in vivo method for longitudinal assessment of masseter muscle function pre- and post-VML injury.

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JoVE Journal - Medicine

Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Skeletal Muscle Disease

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2016

Neuromuscular diseases often exhibit a temporally varying, spatially heterogeneous, and multi-faceted pathology. The goal of this protocol is to characterize this pathology using non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging methods.

A Low-Cost Apparatus for Measuring Muscle Force–Velocity Relationships

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2026

An accessible, low-cost apparatus for measuring human muscle force–velocity–power relationships was developed using inexpensive materials, a 3D-printed gear, a smartphone accelerometer, and Python freeware. Validation against a gold-standard ergometer demonstrated physiologically relevant measurements while providing equitable, hands-on learning opportunities in an undergraduate classroom setting.

Ex Vivo Assessment of Contractility, Fatigability and Alternans in Isolated Skeletal Muscles

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2012

We describe a method to directly measure muscle force, muscle power, contractile kinetics and fatigability of isolated skeletal muscles in an in vitro system using field stimulation. Valuable information on Ca2+ handling properties and contractile machinery of the muscle can be obtained using different stimulating protocols.

Induction and Assessment of Exertional Skeletal Muscle Damage in Humans

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2016

This article describes a safe and reliable method to induce and quantify exertional skeletal muscle damage in human subjects.

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