van Drongelen W, Dullemeijer P
Anat Anz. 1982;151(4):337-66.
A functional morphological study on the cranio-facial region of Caiman crocodilus was carried out. The anatomy of the skull, mandible, cartilaginous structures and the muscles of the jaw was described. Myography experiments, an X-ray study and observations of behaviour gave insight into the sequence of actions during food-intake. Evidence has been obtained that the cartilago transiliens, attached to the medial side of the mandible, is used to block the jaws relative to each other. For each food-intake action, the amount of material necessary to resist muscle force was calculated. Integration of these figures, together with a consideration on the lines of stress, resulted in a paradigm for the mandible.
对凯门鳄的颅面部区域进行了功能性形态学研究。描述了头骨、下颌骨、软骨结构和颌部肌肉的解剖结构。肌动描记实验、X射线研究和行为观察揭示了进食过程中的动作顺序。有证据表明，附着在下颌骨内侧的跨髂软骨用于使颌骨相对彼此闭锁。对于每个进食动作，计算了抵抗肌肉力量所需的材料量。将这些数据整合起来，并考虑应力线，得出了下颌骨的一个范例。
