Yamaoka M, Furusawa K, Fujimoto K, Iguchi K, Kumai T
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department II, Matsumoto Dental College, Japan.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1992 Oct;21(5):309-12. doi: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80745-3.
The mylohyoid muscle has several functions in relation to respiration, deglutition, and phonation, but these functions are not fully understood. The interaction of the mylohyoid nerve and muscle in 25 rats was studied by neurophysiologic and histologic methods. Stretching of the muscle elicited electrical responses from the branch of the mylohyoid nerve innervating the mylohyoid muscle, and stretch-sensitive receptors were demonstrated histologically in the mylohyoid muscle. This study indicates that the mylohyoid muscle plays an active role in functions such as swallowing, breathing, and phonation.
下颌舌骨肌在呼吸、吞咽和发声方面具有多种功能，但这些功能尚未完全明确。通过神经生理学和组织学方法研究了25只大鼠下颌舌骨神经与肌肉的相互作用。拉伸该肌肉可引发支配下颌舌骨肌的下颌舌骨神经分支的电反应，并且在组织学上在下颌舌骨肌中证实了牵张敏感感受器。这项研究表明，下颌舌骨肌在吞咽、呼吸和发声等功能中发挥着积极作用。
