...Joseph T. Thompson; John A. Szczepanski; Joshua Brody SUMMARY The centrally located, mitochondria-poor (CMP) and superficially located,mitochondria-rich (SMR) circular muscle fibres in the mantles of some squids provide one of the few known examples of specialization in an obliquely striated muscle...

... internal pressure biomechanics muscular hydrostat locomotion circular muscles posture leech Hirudo medicinalis Rigidity is required to provide the best posture for the efficient transfer of force from muscle to motion. In organs that contain skeletal tissue, the degree of freedom to move...