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Table 2 A selection of morphological features of different muscles.

From: Comparative analysis of mouse skeletal muscle fibre type composition and contractile responses to calcium channel blocker

  

mass

size

muscle

N

body (g)

muscle (g)

length (mm)

diameter (mm)

m. rectus femoris (SE)

8

32.13 (1.64)

0.12 (0.01)

11.10 (0.23)

5.20 (0.20)

m. gastrocnemius (SE)

12

31.25 (2.18)

0.15 (0.01)

11.41 (0.31)

5.95 (0.19)

m. gluteus maximus (SE)

13

27.50 (1.51)

0.11 (0.01)

12.70 (0.30)

6.61 (0.24)