Digital dissection of the head of the frogs Calyptocephalella gayi and Leptodactylus pentadactylus with emphasis on the feeding apparatus
| Autor: | Patrick Lemell, Stephan Handschuh, Valentin Blüml, Thomas Schwaha, Christian Josef Beisser, Stephanie Kunisch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine Amphibian skull Histology cranial anatomy Zoology hyoid apparatus micro‐computed tomography 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine tongue Tongue biology.animal anura medicine Animals micro-computed tomography Muscle Skeletal Molecular Biology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Original Paper biology Feeding Behavior X-Ray Microtomography Cell Biology biology.organism_classification Original Papers Calyptocephalella gayi Leptodactylus Dissection Skull 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Habitat Female amphibian Anatomy 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Hyoid apparatus Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Anatomy |
| ISSN: | 1469-7580 0021-8782 |
| Popis: | Micro‐computed tomography (microCT) of small animals has led to a more detailed and more accurate three‐dimensional (3D) view on different anatomical structures in the last years. Here, we present the cranial anatomy of two frog species providing descriptions of bone structures and soft tissues of the feeding apparatus with comments to possible relations to habitat and feeding ecology. Calyptocephalella gayi, known for its aquatic lifestyle, is not restricted to aquatic feeding but also feeds terrestrially using lingual prehension. This called for a detailed investigation of the morphology of its feeding apparatus and a comparison to a fully terrestrial species that is known to feed by lingual prehension such as Leptodactylus pentadactylus. These two frog species are of similar size, feed on similar diet but within different main habitats. MicroCT scans of both species were conducted in order to reconstruct the complete anatomical condition of the whole feeding apparatus for the first time. Differences in this regard are evident in the tongue musculature, which in L. pentadactylus is more massively built and with a broader interdigitating area of the two main muscles, the protractor musculus genioglossus and the retractor musculus hyoglossus. In contrast, the hyoid retractor (m. sternohyoideus) is more massive in the aquatic species C. gayi. Moreover, due to the different skull morphology, the origins of two of the five musculi adductores vary between the species. This study brings new insights into the relation of the anatomy of the feeding apparatus to the preferred feeding method via 3D imaging techniques. Contrary to the terrestrially feeding L. pentadactylus, the skeletal and muscular adaptations of the aquatic species C. gayi provide a clear picture of necessities prescribed by the habitat. Nevertheless, by keeping a certain amount of flexibility of the design of its feeding apparatus, C. gayi is able to employ various methods of feeding. Our study presents MicroCT‐scans of two frog species in order to reconstruct the complete anatomical condition of the whole feeding apparatus for the first time. The figure depicts a sagittal section through the heads of Calyptocephalella gayi (A) and Leptodactylus pentadactylus (B). |
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