Human tongue neuroanatomy: Nerve supply and motor endplates.
Human tongue neuroanatomy: Nerve supply and motor endplates.
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DOI:
10.1002/ca.21011
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发表时间:
2010-10
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影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Sanders, Ira
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作者:
Mu, Liancai;Sanders, Ira
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tongueinnervationhypoglossal nervelingual nervemotor endplatesSihler's stainacetylcholinesterase stainingsilver stainneuromuscular compartmentsspeechswallowingbreathinggenioglossus musclesuperior longitudinal muscleinferior longitudinal musclestyloglossus musclehyoglossus musclevertical muscletransverse musclepalatoglossus muscle
The human tongue has a critical role in speech, swallowing, and respiration, however, its motor control is poorly understood. Fundamental gaps include detailed information on the course of the hypoglossal (XII) nerve within the tongue, the branches of the XII nerve within each tongue muscle, and the type and arrangement of motor endplates (MEP) within each muscle. In this study, five adult human tongues were processed with Sihler’s stain, a whole-mount nerve staining technique, to map out the entire intra-lingual course of the XII nerve and its branches. An additional five specimens were microdissected into individual muscles and stained with acetylcholinesterase and silver staining to study their MEP morphology and banding patterns. Using these techniques the course of the entire XII nerve was mapped from the main nerve to the smallest intramuscular branches. It was found that the human tongue innervation is extremely dense and complex. Although the basic mammalian pattern of XII is conserved in humans, there are notable differences. In addition, many muscle fibers contained multiple en grappe MEP, suggesting that they are some variant of the highly specialized slow tonic muscle fiber type. The transverse muscle group that comprises the core of the tongue appears to have the most complex innervation and has the highest percentage of en grappe MEP. In summary, the innervation of the human tongue has specializations not reported in other mammalian tongues, including non-human primates. These specializations appear to allow for fine motor control of tongue shape.
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01178.x
发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
作者:
KIER, WM;SMITH, KK
通讯作者:
SMITH, KK
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
KAO, I;DRACHMAN, DB;PRICE, DL
通讯作者:
PRICE, DL
影响因子:
--
作者:
Mu, LC;Sanders, I
通讯作者:
Sanders, I
影响因子:
5.5
作者:
HESS, A;PILAR, G
通讯作者:
PILAR, G
影响因子:
1.6
作者:
Mu, L.;Sanders, I.
通讯作者:
Sanders, I.