owmeta.muscle module

class owmeta.muscle.BodyWallMuscle(*args, no_type_decl=False, **kwargs)

Bases: Muscle

A somatic muscle cell that lies close under the skin and basal lamina of C. elegans and allows the worm to move

class owmeta.muscle.Muscle(*args, no_type_decl=False, **kwargs)

Bases: Cell

A single muscle cell.

See what neurons innervate a muscle:

Example:

>>> mdr21 = Muscle('MDR21')
>>> innervates_mdr21 = mdr21.innervatedBy()
>>> len(innervates_mdr21)
4

property innervatedBy

Neurons synapsing with this muscle

property neurons

Alias to innervatedBy

property receptor

Alias to receptors

property receptors

Receptor types expressed by this type of muscle