FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MANDIBULAR SYMPHYSIS
FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MANDIBULAR SYMPHYSIS
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DOI:
10.1002/jmor.1051590109
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
BEECHER, RM
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作者:
BEECHER, RM
The morphology of connective tissues in the mandibular symphysis was related to the behavioral and experimental evidence for mobility and mechanical stress at the symphysis was studied. The anatomy of the symphysis was examined histologically in 6 mammalian orders encompassing 22 spp. Behavioral and experimental evidence of stress during the power stroke of the chewing cycle correspond with stresses at the symphysis implied by the location and orientation of symphyseal connective tissues. These stresses are the following: dorsoventral shear of the symphysis due to the transfer of force from balancing to chewing sides; bending of the symphysis causing tension along the inferior and compression along superior borders due to torsion on the dentaries from the jaw closing muscles; and antero-posterior shear of the symphysis due to an anteriorly directed stress on the chewing side. Interspecific comparisons suggest that leaf eaters can resist greater dorsoventral shear than fruit or insect eaters, but no correlations exist between diet and bending or antero-posterior shear. Chewing leave apparently requires larger biting forces.