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Functional morphological interpretation of the distribution of muscle spindles in the jaw muscles of the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

✍ Scribed by R. G. Bout; J. L. Dubbeldam

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
898 KB
Volume
210
Category
Article
ISSN
0362-2525

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The morphology and distribution of muscle spindles of jaw and tongue muscles in the mallard were examined in serial transverse sections of single muscles and in horizontal sections of a whole head. Our observations on spindle morphology are in agreement with previous descriptions of spindles in birds. Some spindles differ in their innervation and the pattern of intrafusal muscle fibers. The spindles of individual adductor and pterygoid muscles are distributed unevenly. Some adductor muscles lack spindles, whereas those of other muscles are confined to limited areas. Jaw opening muscles and extrinsic tongue muscles lack spindles. The stretch of extrafusal muscle fibers could be estimated from the difference in sarcomere length for birds with the beak open and closed. Not all muscle fiber groups are stretched evenly over the whole range of jaw opening. Only those fiber groups that are continuously stretched during jaw opening contain spindles.

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