Explains how the bat’s skin and underlying tissues are wired for touch and movement, with clear drawings and observations you can trust.
This concise study documents how nerves connect to the bat’s skin, facial muscles, fur follicles, and sweat glands. It highlights the pathways, endings, and patterns scientists use to map innervation in a specialized mammal.
- How medullated nerve fibers end at motor end-plates in facial muscles and tongue.
- The different forms and locations of end-plates and their relation to the sarcolemma.
- Three levels of nerve endings around hair follicles, including networks around follicles and around sebaceous glands.
- Notes on special sensory end-organs in the skin and their potential roles in bat skin functions.
Ideal for readers of anatomy and comparative biology who want an illustrated, methodical look at nerve endings in bat skin and muscle.