Fig. 6. In vivo measurements of I1/I3 muscle dimensions in three
consecutive swallows from a two-axis video recording of a transilluminated
juvenile. All timebases have been normalized as in
Fig. 1E-G. Each data point is
the mean of a 0.2 s (normalized) interval. Values are means ± S.E.M.
Intervals t1, t2, t3 and t4 are defined in Materials and
methods. (A) Estimated I1/I3 muscle antero-posterior length computed as 45% of
the total buccal mass antero-posterior length
(Drushel et al., 1998).
N=2-6 (mean=4.3). Lengths were measured in medio-lateral view. (B)
Estimated I1/I3 muscle mediolateral width computed by dividing the
dorso-ventral views of the I1/I3 muscle into six rings of equal
antero-posterior thickness (see Fig.
4). N=4-27 (mean=20.8). Ring 1 (posteriormost) is at the
lateral groove, and ring 6 (anteriormost) is at the opening of the jaws.