ArticleBiology letters2021
Twist and chew: three-dimensional tongue kinematics during chewing in macaque primates.
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- Regional Variation in Contractile Patterns and Muscle Activity in Infant Pig Feeding.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Twist and chew: three-dimensional tongue kinematics during chewing in macaque primates.Biology letters · 2021Article
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Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) tongue movements are central to performance of feeding functions by mammals and other tetrapods, but 3D tongue kinematics during feeding are poorly understood. Tongue kinematics were recorded during grape chewing by macaque primates using biplanar videoradiography. Complex shape changes in the tongue during chewing are dominated by a combination of flexion in the tongue's sagittal planes and roll about its long axis. As hypothesized for humans, in macaques during tongue retraction, the middle (molar region) of the tongue rolls to the chewing (working) side simultaneous with sagittal flexion, while the tongue tip flexes to the other (balancing) side. Twisting and flexion reach their maxima early in the fast close phase of chewing cycles, positioning the food bolus between the approaching teeth prior to the power stroke. Although 3D tongue kinematics undoubtedly vary with food type, the mechanical role of this movement-placing the food bolus on the post-canine teeth for breakdown-is likely to be a powerful constraint on tongue kinematics during this phase of the chewing cycle. The muscular drivers of these movements are likely to include a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic tongue muscles.
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