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THE ISOLATED CHICK BIVENTER CERVICIS NERVE‐MUSCLE PREPARATION
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Muscle FunctionPeripheral NervesPeripheral Nervous SystemNeuromuscular BlockadeKinesiologySkeletal MuscleIsolated BiventerHealth SciencesAnimal PhysiologyNervous SystemNerve StimulationNeurophysiologyNeuroanatomyPhysiologyElectromyographyElectrophysiologyCentral Nervous SystemMedicineNerve-muscle PreparationAnesthesiology
The isolated biventer cervicis nerve-muscle preparation can be used to distinguish between neuromuscular blocking agents which cause depolarization and those which do not. Both reduce the contractions caused by nerve stimulation, but depolarizing drugs also cause a contracture of the muscle.