Figure 2
From: An Intermediate in the evolution of superfast sonic muscles
Electron micrographs of sonic and hypaxial muscles of the pearl perch Glaucosoma buergeri. A. Cross section of a sonic fiber from the anterior-striated sonic muscle. B. Longitudinal section of a fiber from the anterior-striated sonic muscle. C. Longitudinal section of a fiber from the smooth muscle. D. Longitudinal section of epaxial trunk muscle. Note thicker myofibrils and thinner sarcoplasmic reticulum compared to sonic fibers. Abbreviations: bv blood vessel, db dense bodies, mf myofibrils, myo myofilaments in the smooth muscle, nu nucleus. Dark arrows indicate mitochondria and white arrows sarcoplasmic reticulum.