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Behavioral correlates of fascicular organization: The confluence of muscle architectural anatomy and function

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ar.25187

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adaptation; ecology; morphology; myology; physiological cross-sectional area

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This article summarizes the relationship between muscle structure and function, focusing on the intermediate level of muscle architecture. It highlights the role of The Anatomical Record in advancing our understanding of functional morphology within muscle and recognizes the contributions of Editor-in-Chief Kurt Albertine.
Muscle is a complex tissue that has been studied on numerous hierarchical levels: from gross descriptions of muscle organization to cellular analyses of fiber profiles. In the middle of this space between organismal and cellular biology lies muscle architecture, the level at which functional correlations between a muscle's internal fiber organization and contractile abilities are explored. In this review, we summarize this relationship, detail recent advances in our understanding of this form-function paradigm, and highlight the role played by The Anatomical Record in advancing our understanding of functional morphology within muscle over the past two decades. In so doing, we honor the legacy of Editor-in-Chief Kurt Albertine, whose stewardship of the journal from 2006 through 2020 oversaw the flourishing of myological research, including numerous special issues dedicated to exploring the behavioral correlates of myology across diverse taxa. This legacy has seen the The Anatomical Record establish itself as a preeminent source of myological research, and a true leader within the field of comparative anatomy and functional morphology.

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