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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24116" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24116</a>
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Anatomy and Ontogeny of the Mandibular Symphysis in Alligator mississippiensis.
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Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007)
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2019
2019-03
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feeding apparatus; Meckel's cartilage; sutural ligament; trigeminal
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Lessner Emily J; Gant Cortaiga A; Hieronymus Tobin L; Vickaryous Matthew K; Holliday Casey M
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Crocodylians evolved some of the most characteristic skulls of the animal kingdom with specializations for semiaquatic and ambush lifestyles, resulting in a feeding apparatus capable of tolerating high biomechanical loads and bite forces and a head with a derived sense of trigeminal-nerve-mediated touch. The mandibular symphysis accommodates these specializations being both at the end of a biomechanical lever and an antenna for sensation. Little is known about the anatomy of the crocodylian mandibular symphysis, hampering our understanding of form, function, and evolution of the joint in extant and extinct lineages. We explore mandibular symphysis anatomy of an ontogenetic series of Alligator mississippiensis using imaging, histology, and whole mount methods. Complex sutural ligaments emanating about a midline-fused Meckel's cartilage bridge the symphysis. These tissues organize during days 37-42 of in ovo development. However, interdigitations do not manifest until after hatching. These soft tissues leave a hub and spoke-like bony morphology of the symphyseal plate, which never fuses. Interdigitation morphology varies within the symphysis suggesting differential loading about the joint. Neurovascular canals extend throughout the mandibles to alveoli, integument, and bone adjacent to the symphysis. These features suggest the Alligator mandibular symphysis offers compliance in an otherwise rigid skull. We hypothesize a fused Meckel's cartilage offers stiffness in hatchling mandibles prior to the development of organized sutural ligaments and mineralized bone while offering a scaffold for somatic growth. The porosity of the dentaries due to neurovascular tissues likely allows transmission of sensory and proprioceptive information from the surroundings and the loaded symphysis. Anat Rec, 2019. (c) 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24116" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1002/ar.24116</a>
2019
Anatomical Record (Hoboken
Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007)
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
feeding apparatus
Gant Cortaiga A
Hieronymus Tobin L
Holliday Casey M
Lessner Emily J
Meckel's cartilage
N.J. : 2007)
NEOMED College of Medicine
sutural ligament
trigeminal
Vickaryous Matthew K