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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
Histological analysis of the vocal sac and body wall in the leptodactylid frog Physalaemus pustulosus suggests that both muscle and elastic fibers are important in call production. Abdominal musculature as well as abdominal bands of elastin (the lineae masculinae) provide the energy required for exhalation and sound production. Air flowing through the larynx inflates a highly extensible vocal sac lined with muscle and a network of elastic fibers. Inherent elasticity together with muscular activity of the vocal sac likely increase the speed and possibly decrease the energetic costs of lung reinflation following vocalization. The mechanics of call production in P. pustulosus thus involve not only laryngeal activation but also elastic transfer of air between the supralaryngeal vocal sac and abdominal respiratory structures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0362-2525
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
233
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Elastic structures in the vocalization apparatus of the Túngara frog Physalaemus pustulosus (Leptodactylidae).
pubmed:affiliation
Smithsonian tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.