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Da Cunha L, Fabre P, Hautier L. Springhares, flying and flightless scaly-tailed squirrels (Anomaluromorpha, Rodentia) are the squirrely mouse: comparative anatomy of the masticatory musculature and its implications on the evolution of hystricomorphy in rodents. J Anat 2024; 244:900-928. [PMID: 38318941 PMCID: PMC11095315 DOI: 10.1111/joa.14013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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Anomaluromorpha is a particularly puzzling suborder of Rodentia. Endemic to Africa, this clade includes the extant genera Idiurus, Anomalurus, Zenkerella, and Pedetes. These rodents present an hystricomorphous condition of the skull, characterized by a large infraorbital foramen, which evolved independently within the mouse-related clade over a span of approximately 57 million years. They exhibit a high disparity in craniomandibular and dental morphology that has kept their phylogenetic affinities disputed for a long time. Given the past significance of masticatory morphotypes in establishing the classification of Rodentia, we propose to explore variations in the masticatory apparatus of Anomaluromorpha in order to evaluate whether its related features can offer additional data for systematics and contribute to our understanding of the complexity of hystricomorphy. In order to do so, we used traditional dissection and diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT) to accurately describe and compare the anatomy of the specimens. We found that the muscle morphology displays clear differentiation among each anomaluromorph taxonomic unit. Specifically, the masseteric complex of Anomaluromorpha exhibits distinctive synapomorphies such as the infraorbital part of the zygomaticomandibularis muscle being separated into a rostral and orbital part and an absence of a posterior part of the zygomaticomandibularis. Additionally, the orbital portion of the infraorbital part originates from a well-marked ridge and fossa at the level of its area of origin on the anteromedial wall of the orbital cavity, a feature that is absent in other members of the mouse-related clade. This evident bony feature, among others, is strongly associated with muscular anatomy and can contribute to ascertaining the taxonomic status of extinct representatives of the clade. Finally, we showed that the hystricomorphy of Anomaluromorpha largely differs from those of Ctenohystrica and Dipodoidea and that the definition of this morphotype is complex and cannot be reduced simply to the size of the opening of the infraorbital foramen.
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- Léa Da Cunha
- Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de MontpellierUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, c. c. 64MontpellierFrance
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de MontpellierUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, c. c. 64MontpellierFrance
- Mammalogy/Vertebrate ZoologyAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew York CityNew YorkUSA
- Mammal Section, Life Sciences, Vertebrate DivisionThe Natural History MuseumLondonUK
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)ParisFrance
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de MontpellierUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, c. c. 64MontpellierFrance
- Mammal Section, Life Sciences, Vertebrate DivisionThe Natural History MuseumLondonUK
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Cox PG, Watson PJ. Masticatory biomechanics of red and grey squirrels ( Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis) modelled with multibody dynamics analysis. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 10:220587. [PMID: 36816846 PMCID: PMC9929510 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The process of feeding in mammals is achieved by moving the mandible relative to the cranium to bring the teeth into and out of occlusion. This process is especially complex in rodents which have a highly specialized configuration of jaw adductor muscles. Here, we used the computational technique of multi-body dynamics analysis (MDA) to model feeding in the red (Sciurus vulgaris) and grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and determine the relative contribution of each jaw-closing muscle in the generation of bite forces. The MDA model simulated incisor biting at different gapes. A series of 'virtual ablation experiments' were performed at each gape, whereby the activation of each bilateral pair of muscles was set to zero. The maximum bite force was found to increase at wider gapes. As predicted, the superficial and anterior deep masseter were the largest contributors to bite force, but the temporalis had only a small contribution. Further analysis indicated that the temporalis may play a more important role in jaw stabilization than in the generation of bite force. This study demonstrated the ability of MDA to elucidate details of red and grey squirrel feeding biomechanics providing a complement to data gathered via in vivo experimentation.
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- Philip G. Cox
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK
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Missagia RV, Patterson BD, Krentzel D, Perini FA. Insectivory leads to functional convergence in a group of Neotropical rodents. J Evol Biol 2020; 34:391-402. [PMID: 33617138 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The mandible of vertebrates serves as insertion area for masticatory muscles that originate on the skull, and its functional properties are subject to selective forces related to trophic ecology. The efficiency of masticatory muscles can be measured as mechanical advantage on the mandible, which, in turn, has the property of correlating with bite force and shape. In the present work, we quantify the mechanical advantage of the mandible of akodontine rodents, which present a diverse radiation of insectivorous specialists, to assess their relationship to the estimated bite force and diet. We also tested the degree of morphofunctional convergence in response to insectivory on the group. We found the mechanical advantages to be convergent on insectivorous species, and associated with the estimated bite force, with higher mechanical advantages in species with a stronger bite and short, robust mandibles and lower mechanical advantages in insectivorous species with weaker bites and more elongated, dorso-ventrally compressed mandibles. Insectivorous species of Akodontini are functional specialists for the consumption of live prey and may exploit the resources that shrews, moles and hedgehogs consume elsewhere.
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- Rafaela V Missagia
- PPG - Zoologia/Departamento de Zoologia - Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- PPG - Zoologia/Departamento de Zoologia - Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Cox PG, Faulkes CG, Bennett NC. Masticatory musculature of the African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). PeerJ 2020; 8:e8847. [PMID: 32231887 PMCID: PMC7100595 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Bathyergidae, commonly known as blesmols or African mole-rats, is a family of rodents well-known for their subterranean lifestyle and tunnelling behaviour. Four of the five extant bathyergid genera (Cryptomys, Fukomys, Georychus and Heliophobius) are chisel-tooth diggers, that is they dig through soil with their enlarged incisors, whereas the remaining genus (Bathyergus) is a scratch-digger, only using its forelimbs for burrowing. Heterocephalus glaber, the naked mole-rat, is also a chisel-tooth digger and was until recently included within the Bathyergidae (as the most basally branching genus), but has now been placed by some researchers into its own family, the Heterocephalidae. Given the importance of the masticatory apparatus in habitat construction in this group, knowledge and understanding of the morphology and arrangement of the jaw-closing muscles in Bathyergidae is vital for future functional analyses. Here, we use diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced microCT to reveal and describe the muscles of mastication in representative specimens of each genus of bathyergid mole-rat and to compare them to the previously described musculature of the naked mole-rat. In all bathyergids, as in all rodents, the masseter muscle is the most dominant component of the masticatory musculature. However, the temporalis is also a relatively large muscle, a condition normally associated with sciuromorphous rodents. Unlike their hystricomorphous relatives, the bathyergids do not show an extension of the masseter through the infraorbital foramen on to the rostrum (other than a very slight protrusion in Cryptomys and Fukomys). Thus, morphologically, bathyergids are protrogomorphous, although this is thought to be secondarily derived rather than retained from ancestral rodents. Overall, the relative proportions of the jaw-closing muscles were found to be fairly consistent between genera except in Bathyergus, which was found to have an enlarged superficial masseter and relatively smaller pterygoid muscles. It is concluded that these differences may be a reflection of the behaviour of Bathyergus which, uniquely in the family, does not use its incisors for digging.
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- Philip G Cox
- Department of Archaeology and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Kawashima T, Thorington RW, Bohaska PW, Sato F. Derived muscle arrangements and their shared innervation patterns of external and internal cheek pouches in rodents. Anat Histol Embryol 2020; 49:38-50. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Division of Mammals Department of Vertebrate Zoology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington DC USA
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- Division of Mammals Department of Vertebrate Zoology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington DC USA
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- Department of Anatomy School of Medicine Toho University Tokyo Japan
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Cain BW, Reynolds T, Sarko DK. Superficial, suprahyoid, and infrahyoid neck musculature in naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber): Relative size and potential contributions to independent movement of the lower incisors. J Morphol 2019; 280:1185-1196. [PMID: 31180596 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are fossorial, eusocial rodents that exhibit the unusual capability of moving their lower incisors independently in lateral and rostroventral directions. The evolution of this trait would presumably also involve concurrent alterations in neck musculature to support and control movements of the lower incisors. In order to assess morphological adaptations that might facilitate these movements, we performed detailed dissections of the neck musculature of adult naked mole-rats. In addition to characterizing attachment sites of superficial, suprahyoid, and infrahyoid musculature, we also quantified muscle mass and mandibular features thought to be associated with gape (condyle height, condyle length, and jaw length). Based on muscle attachment sites, the platysma myoides may contribute to lateral movement of the lower incisor and hemi-mandible in naked mole-rats. The large digastric muscle is likely to be a main contributor to rostroventral movement of each lower incisor. The geniohyoid and mylohyoid muscles also likely contribute to rostroventral movements of the lower incisors, and the mylohyoid may also produce lateral spreading of the hemi-mandibles. The transverse mandibular (intermandibularis) muscle likely serves to reposition the lower incisors back to a midline orientation following a movement.
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- Blake W Cain
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Carbondale, Illinois
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Carbondale, Illinois
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Carbondale, Illinois
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Liu J, Liu SY, Zhao YJ, Gu X, Li Q, Jin ZL, Chen YJ. Effects of occlusion on mandibular morphology and architecture in rats. J Surg Res 2015; 200:533-43. [PMID: 26602038 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND A rodent occlusal hypofunction model has been widely established in jawbone-related studies. However, the effects of occlusal stimuli, with total elimination of molar contacts, and its rehabilitation on mandibular remodeling remain unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight 5-wk-old Sprague-Dawley male rats were used. Twenty-four experimental rats underwent occlusal hypofunction by insertion of a bite-raising appliance. Twenty-four rats received no treatment (control group). Two weeks later, half the experimental rats (occlusal hypofunction group) were killed; the appliance was removed from the remaining experimental rats (recovery group) for two additional weeks before killing. Control animals were killed biweekly. Body weight and masseter muscle weight were measured, and the mandibles were subjected to micro-computed tomography to evaluate the mandibular morphology and cortical bone characteristics. The expressions of osteoblast- and osteoclast-related genes were evaluated with quantitative polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS No significant body weight differences were observed between the experimental and control rats. However, lighter masseter muscle, shorter mandibular incisor crown, mandibular body and ramus, and higher mandibular alveolar process and first molar fossae were observed in the occlusal hypofunction group. Moreover, the cortical bone characteristics associated with the expression of osteoblast- and osteoclast-related genes were remarkably different in the central and posterior mandible in the occlusal hypofunction group. At the 2-wk recovery time point after occlusal stimuli, the altered parameters in the masseter and mandible returned to normal levels. CONCLUSIONS Mandibular remodeling via bone turnover is region specific for altered occlusal stimuli. Normal occlusion is an important determinant of the mandibular morphology and architecture.
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- Jia Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Center for Tissue Engineering, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Stomatology, Hospital Attached to Aeromedicine Institute of PLA, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Stomatology, The 461 Hospital of PLA, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of General Dentistry & Emergency, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of General Dentistry & Emergency, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
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Musser GG, Durden LA. Morphological and Geographic Definitions of the Sulawesian Shrew RatsEchiothrix leucura and E. centrosa(Muridae, Murinae), and Description of a New Species of Sucking Louse (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2014. [DOI: 10.1206/871.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Liu J, Jin ZL, Li Q. Effect of occlusal hypofunction and its recovery on the three-dimensional architecture of mandibular alveolar bone in growing rats. J Surg Res 2014; 193:229-36. [PMID: 25224274 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2013] [Revised: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUD Normal occlusion is very important for physiological structure of mandible. However, the details of influences of occlusal hypofunction and its recovery on the three-dimensional architecture of mandibular alveolar bone in growing rats are still lacking. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight growing male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal (n = 24), hypofunctional (n = 12), and recovery (n = 12) groups. The hypofunction group was developed by inserting a bite-raising appliance between the maxillary and mandibular incisors of the rats. Two weeks after insertion, the appliance was removed to result in the recovery group; the experiment continued for two additional weeks. The experimental animals and control animals were killed weekly. In addition to measuring the body weight and masseter muscle weight of the rats, the histomorphology and microstructure of the mandibular alveolar bone were scanned using microcomputed tomography. RESULTS A lighter masseter muscle and a higher and narrower alveolar process were observed in the hypofunction group compared with the control animals (P < 0.05). Mandibular remodeling also occurred in the hypofunctional group, as demonstrated by a smaller trabecular cross-sectional area, looser trabecular bone, decreased bone volume fraction, trabecular thickness, trabecular number, and increased bone surface density and trabecular separation, especially at week 2 (P < 0.05). After removing the anterior bite-opening appliance, the altered masseter muscle weight and architecture of the mandibular alveolar bone were gradually reversed and reached normal levels at the end of the experiment (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS A loss of occlusal stimuli can lead into mandibular alveolar bone remodeling, and the recovery of occlusion can restore the altered mandibular architecture in growing rats.
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- Jia Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of General Dentistry & Emergency, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China.
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Cox PG, Faulkes CG. Digital dissection of the masticatory muscles of the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber (Mammalia, Rodentia). PeerJ 2014; 2:e448. [PMID: 25024917 PMCID: PMC4081180 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber, of the family Bathyergidae is a subterranean rodent that feeds on underground roots and tubers and digs extensive tunnel systems with its incisors. It is a highly unusual mammal with regard to its social structure, longevity, pain insensitivity and cancer resistance, all of which have made it the subject of a great deal of research in recent years. Yet, much of the basic anatomy of this species remains undocumented. In this paper, we describe the morphology of the jaw-closing musculature of the naked mole-rat, as revealed by contrast-enhanced micro-computed tomography. This technique uses an iodine stain to enable the imaging of soft tissues with microCT. The iodine-enhanced scans were used to create 3D reconstructions of the naked mole-rat masticatory muscles from which muscle masses were calculated. The jaw-closing musculature of Heterocephalus glaber is relatively very large compared to other rodents and is dominated by the superficial masseter, the deep masseter and the temporalis. The temporalis in particular is large for a rodent, covering the entirety of the braincase and much of the rear part of the orbit. The morphology of the masseter complex described here differs from two other published descriptions of bathyergid masticatory muscles, but is more similar to the arrangement seen in other rodent families. The zygomaticomandibularis (ZM) muscle does not protrude through the infraorbital foramen on to the rostrum and thus the naked mole-rat should be considered protrogomorphous rather than hystricomorphous, and the morphology is consistent with secondarily lost hystricomorphy as has been previously suggested for Bathyergidae. Overall, the morphology of the masticatory musculature indicates a species with a high bite force and a wide gape–both important adaptations for a life dominated by digging with the incisors.
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- Philip G Cox
- Hull York Medical School, University of Hull , Hull , UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London , UK
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Baverstock H, Jeffery NS, Cobb SN. The morphology of the mouse masticatory musculature. J Anat 2013; 223:46-60. [PMID: 23692055 PMCID: PMC4487762 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The mouse has been the dominant model organism in studies on the development, genetics and evolution of the mammalian skull and associated soft-tissue for decades. There is the potential to take advantage of this well studied model and the range of mutant, knockin and knockout organisms with diverse craniofacial phenotypes to investigate the functional significance of variation and the role of mechanical forces on the development of the integrated craniofacial skeleton and musculature by using computational mechanical modelling methods (e.g. finite element and multibody dynamic modelling). Currently, there are no detailed published data of the mouse masticatory musculature available. Here, using a combination of micro-dissection and non-invasive segmentation of iodine-enhanced micro-computed tomography, we document the anatomy, architecture and proportions of the mouse masticatory muscles. We report on the superficial masseter (muscle, tendon and pars reflecta), deep masseter, zygomaticomandibularis (anterior, posterior, infraorbital and tendinous parts), temporalis (lateral and medial parts), external and internal pterygoid muscles. Additionally, we report a lateral expansion of the attachment of the temporalis onto the zygomatic arch, which may play a role in stabilising this bone during downwards loading. The data presented in this paper now provide a detailed reference for phenotypic comparison in mouse models and allow the mouse to be used as a model organism in biomechanical and functional modelling and simulation studies of the craniofacial skeleton and particularly the masticatory system.
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- Hester Baverstock
- Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
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Koyabu D, Oshida T, Nguyen ST, Dang CN, Nguyen NX, Nguyen DX, Motokawa M, Kimura J, Sasaki M, Endo H. Comparison of Jaw Muscle Morphology in Two Sympatic Callosciurine Squirrels (Callosciurus ErythraeusandDremomys Rufigenis) in Vietnam. MAMMAL STUDY 2012. [DOI: 10.3106/041.037.0307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cox PG, Jeffery N. Reviewing the Morphology of the Jaw-Closing Musculature in Squirrels, Rats, and Guinea Pigs with Contrast-Enhanced MicroCt. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2011; 294:915-28. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.21381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Druzinsky RE. Functional anatomy of incisal biting in Aplodontia rufa and sciuromorph rodents - part 1: masticatory muscles, skull shape and digging. Cells Tissues Organs 2010; 191:510-22. [PMID: 20160428 PMCID: PMC2883844 DOI: 10.1159/000284931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Traditionally, rodents have been grouped into suborders distinguished largely on the basis of characteristics of the jaw adductor muscles and other features of the masticatory apparatus. The three classic suborders are: Sciuromorpha (squirrels), Myomorpha (rats and mice), and Hystricomorpha (porcupines and the South American caviomorph rodents). Protrogomorph rodents are thought to represent the primitive condition of rodent masticatory muscles. Aplodontia rufa, the mountain beaver, is the only living protrogomorphous rodent. The present work is a detailed comparison of the masticatory apparatus in A. rufa and Marmota monax, the woodchuck. But the mandibular region of A. rufa appears remarkable, unlike anything found in other rodents. Is A. rufa a reasonable representative of the primitive, protrogomorphous condition? A.rufa is a member of the aplodontoid-sciuroid clade with a wide and flat skull. The large temporalis and mandibular apophyses of A. rufa are features related to its relatively wide skull. Such features are found in less dramatic forms in other sciuromorphous species and the basic arrangement of the masticatory muscles of A. rufa is similar to the arrangement seen in sciuromorphs.
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- Robert E. Druzinsky
- Departments of Occupational and Physical Therapy, Governors State University, University Park, Ill., USA
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Druzinsky RE. Functional anatomy of incisal biting in Aplodontia rufa and sciuromorph rodents - part 2: sciuromorphy is efficacious for production of force at the incisors. Cells Tissues Organs 2010; 192:50-63. [PMID: 20160427 PMCID: PMC2895760 DOI: 10.1159/000284930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The protrogomorph condition of the rodent masticatory apparatus is thought to be present in only one living species, the mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa. The major anatomical difference between protrogomorphs and sciuromorphs is that the relative size of one part of the masseter muscle, the anterior lateral masseter, is much greater in sciuromorphs than in protrogomorphs. The mechanics of force production at the incisors were compared in A. rufa and six sciuromorph rodents. Is the sciuroid masticatory apparatus more effective for production of forces at the incisors during biting than the primitive, protrogomorph condition? To answer this question, three measures of mechanical ability were employed and three hypotheses were tested: (1) the mechanical advantage of the adductor musculature is greater in sciuromorphs than in A. rufa; (2) the relative force produced at the incisors is greater in sciuromorphs than in A. rufa, and (3) the relative amount of force produced that can be used to drive the incisors into an object, is greater in sciuromorphs than in A. rufa. The results demonstrated that the protrogomorph, A. rufa, is not as efficient at generating bite forces at the incisors as the sciuromorphs.
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- Robert E. Druzinsky
- Departments of Occupational and Physical Therapy, Governors State University, University Park, Ill., USA
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Koyabu DB, Oshida T, Dang NX, Can DN, Kimura J, Sasaki M, Motokawa M, Son NT, Hayashida A, Shintaku Y, Endo H. Craniodental mechanics and the feeding ecology of two sympatric callosciurine squirrels in Vietnam. J Zool (1987) 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Geometric craniometric analysis of sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic variation: A case study based on two geographically disparate species, Aethomys ineptus from southern Africa and Arvicanthis niloticus from Sudan (Rodentia: Muridae). Mamm Biol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Structure and direction of jaw adductor muscles as herbivorous adaptations in Neotoma mexicana (Muridae, Rodentia). ZOOMORPHOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00435-009-0094-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Effect of unilateral extraction of molar teeth on suprahyoid muscles: Macroscopic and ultrastructural aspects. Micron 2008; 39:1111-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2008] [Revised: 07/01/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Morphological and histological effects on the medial pterygoid muscle after unilateral exodontia in gerbils. Micron 2008; 39:785-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2007] [Revised: 01/21/2008] [Accepted: 01/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Satoh K, Iwaku F. Masticatory muscle architecture in a murine murid, Rattus rattus, and its functional significance. MAMMAL STUDY 2008. [DOI: 10.3106/1348-6160(2008)33[35:mmaiam]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Satoh K, Iwaku F. Jaw muscle functional anatomy in northern grasshopper mouse,Onychomys leucogaster, a carnivorous murid. J Morphol 2006; 267:987-99. [PMID: 16710844 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
The jaw muscle anatomy of the northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster, was observed and the mechanical basis of the insectivorous/carnivorous adaptations were examined. Compared with Peromyscus maniculatus, a granivorous relative of Onychomys, there is a reduction of some aponeuroses within the masseter deep layer. This characteristic indicates that shearing meat or crushing arthropod exoskeletons requires less occlusal pressure than does grinding plant material. In Onychomys both the anterior and posterior portions of the masseter deep layer are more anterodorsally inclined, so that the line of action of the masseter lies further from the jaw joint than in Peromyscus. A strong incisal bite for killing vertebrates such as other rodents can be produced by a jaw mechanism with the high lever advantage of this muscle, which compensates for the decline in muscle mass. Our quantitative analysis suggests that the disappearance of an aponeurosis along the zygomatic plate in Onychomys decreases the stretch of the corresponding muscle, i.e., the anterior fibers of the masseter deep layer, accompanying jaw opening, and increases the maximum gape necessary for hunting large prey.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kazuhiko Satoh
- Department of Oral Anatomy, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Mizuho, Gifu, Japan.
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