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17981860

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 22
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Electromyographic (EMG) activity of skeletal muscles that either insert on the skin or are associated with the margins of subcutaneous lymph sacs was monitored for two species of anurans, Chaunus marinus and Lithobates catesbeiana (formerly Bufo marinus and Rana catesbeiana). Our hypothesis was that contraction of these muscles varies the volume, and hence pressure, within these lymph sacs, and that this pressure is responsible for moving lymph from ventral, gravitationally dependent reaches of the body to dorsally located lymph hearts. EMG activity of M. piriformis, M. gracilis minor, M. abdominal crenator, M. tensor fasciae latae, M. sphincter ani cloacalis, M. cutaneous pectoris and M. cutaneous dorsi was synchronous with pressure changes in their associated lymph sacs. These muscles contracted synchronously, and the pressures generated within the lymph sacs were sufficient to move lymph vertically against gravity to the lymph hearts. The pressure relationships were complex; both negative and positive pressures were recorded during a contractile event, a pattern consistent with the addition and loss of lymphatic fluid to the lymph sacs. Severing the tendons of some of the muscles led to lymph pooling in gravitationally dependent lymph sacs. These data are the first to: (1) describe a function for many of these skeletal muscles; (2) document the role of skeletal muscles in vertical lymph movement in anurans; and (3) reinterpret the role of the urostyle, a bony element of the anuran pelvic girdle.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-0949
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
210
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3931-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Unique role of skeletal muscle contraction in vertical lymph movement in anurans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, 825 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94013, USA. rdrewes@calacademy.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.