Smith K K
Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Arch Oral Biol. 1989;34(7):529-34. doi: 10.1016/0003-9969(89)90091-5.
The presence and distribution of neuromuscular spindles in the lingual musculature of the laboratory rat is described. The findings counter the commonly held belief that neuromuscular spindles are not found in the tongue musculature of non-primate mammals. The hypothesis that fundamentally different neural systems control lingual movements in primate and non-primate mammals therefore cannot be supported. The differences in the distribution of spindles in primate and non-primate mammals may be related to the patterns of lingual movements and the distribution of muscle fibre types.
本文描述了实验大鼠舌肌组织中神经肌肉梭的存在情况和分布。这些发现与普遍认为的非灵长类哺乳动物舌肌组织中不存在神经肌肉梭的观点相悖。因此，关于灵长类和非灵长类哺乳动物舌部运动由根本不同的神经系统控制的假设无法得到支持。灵长类和非灵长类哺乳动物中神经肌肉梭分布的差异可能与舌部运动模式和肌纤维类型的分布有关。
