Regional Tongue Deformations During Chewing and Drinking in the Pig.

ABSTRACT: As a muscular hydrostat, the tongue undergoes complex deformations during most oral behaviors, including chewing and drinking. During thesebehaviors, deformations occur in concert with tongue and jaw movements to position and transport the bolus. Moreover, the various parts of the tongue may move and deform at similar timepoints relative to the gape cycle or they may occur at different timepoints, indicating regional biomechanical and functional variation. The goal of this study is to quantify tongue deformations during chewing and drinking in pigs by characterizing intrinsic changes in tongue dimensions (i.e., length and width) across multiple regions simultaneously. Tongue deformations are generally larger during chewing cycles compared to drinking cycles. Chewing and drinking also diffe

SUBMITTER: Olson RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8601049 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature