Electromyography of the pharyngeal constrictors and soft palate in rabbits
Electromyography of the pharyngeal constrictors and soft palate in rabbits
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家兔咽缩肌和软腭肌电图
DOI:
10.1002/ar.1091390314
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发表时间:
1961
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通讯作者:
Duta Cr
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作者:
J. Basmajian;Duta Cr
In view of the relative inaccessibility of the striated muscles of the pharynx, electromyography of the sphincters has not been attempted until recently. Nonetheless, considerable data have appeared on the process of swallowing along with references to muscular action. In most of this material, no actual objective recordings of the sequence of events in the involved muscles were made. The recent resurgence of practical interest in the mechanism of swallowing and in the reparative surgery of the pharynx has made a bold approach to pharyngeal electromyography a necessity. Thus, Doty and Bosma ('56) performed electromyographic studies of reflex swallowing in the areas of the mouth, pharynx and larynx of anesthetized monkeys, cats and dogs. Broadbent and Swinyard ('59) then made similar studies under anesthesia during operations on human patients with cleft palate. From the start of the present study, we felt that we must not only examine reflex swallowing under anesthesia, but also swallowing under conditions as normal as possible. Therefore we were forced to devise various procedures towards that end, including extensive dissections. Our present report deals with our electromyographic studies in rabbits and follows our earlier report (Dutta and Basmajian, '60) on the gross and microscopic morphology of the rabbit's pharyngeal muscles. A later report (in preparation) will deal with our recently completed electromyographic studies on conscious, normal human beings.