The mechanics of swallowing and the muscular control of diverse behaviours in gopher snakes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2589-2601

  Moon, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Feeding; Functional morphology; Lampropeltis getula; Muscle; Pituophis melanoleucus; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKE; SWALLOWING;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COLUBRIDAE; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033820258     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Cranial kinetics of the generalised colubrid snake Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata. II. Functional morphology
2. The pattern of dermal-vertebral correlation in snakes and amphisbaenians
3. Kinematics of prey capture in iguanid lizards: Comparison between Anolis equestris (Anolinae) and Oplurus cuvieri (Oplurinae)
4. Anesthesia
5. Dynamics of muscle function during locomotion: Accommodating variable conditions
6. The functional anatomy of the head of the puff adder, Bitis arietans (Merr.)
7. Conflict in the hypaxial musculo-skeletal system: Documenting an evolutionary constraint
8. Effect of stretching on the elastic characteristics and the contractile component of frog striated muscle
9. The additional mechanical energy delivered by the contractile component of the previously stretched muscle
10. Positive work done by a previously stretched muscle
11. A kinematic analysis of mesokinesis in the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus)
12. Activity of head muscles during feeding by snakes: A comparative study
13. Feeding behaviour in Cylindrophis and its beating on the evolution of aleihinophidian snakes
14. Feeding in water snakes: An electromyographic study
15. The functional morphology of the head of the common viper, Vipera berus (L.)
16. A comparative functional-anatomical study of the heads of some Viperidae
17. The construction for feeding in rattlesnakes
18. Prey transport kinematics in Tupinambis teguixin and Varanus exanthematicus: Conservation of feeding behavior in 'chemosensory-tongued' lizards
19. Studies on the morphology and function of the skull in the Boidae (Serpentes). Part II. Morphology and function of the jaw apparatus in Python sebae and Python molurus
20. The feeding mechanism of snakes and its possible evolution
21. Terrestrial locomotion without limbs
22. Locomotion of limbless vertebrates: Pattern and evolution
23. Usage pattern of the complex masticatory muscles in the shingleback lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus: A model for muscle placement
24. Analysis of mammalian masticatory mechanisms: Progress and problems
25. L'interpretation fonctionnelle de l'appareil musculo-squelettique de l'axe vertebral chez les serpents (Reptilia)
26. Axial musculature
27. Patterns of white muscle activity during terrestrial locomotion in the American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
28. The variation in isometric tension with sarcomere length in vertebrate muscle fibres
29. Mastication in the tuatara. Sphenodon punctatus (Reptilia, Rhynchocephalia): Structure and activity of the motor system
30. Dietary correlates of the origin and radiation of snakes
31. Feeding behavior and diet of the eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius
32. Homology and behavioral repertoires
33. Behavior and phylogeny: Constriction in ancient and modern snakes
34. Thermal dependence of striking and prey capture by gopher snakes
35. Prey capture in Agama stellio
36. High speed motion analysis of the predatory strike and fluorographic study of oesophageal deglutition in Vipera ammodytes: More than meets the eye
37. Comparative morphology of the semispinalis-spinalis muscle of snakes and correlations with locomotion and constriction
38. Muscular mechanisms of snake locomotion: An electromyographic study of lateral undulation of the Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) and the yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)
39. Muscular mechanisms of snake locomotion: An electromyographic study of sidewinding and concertina modes of Crotalus cerastes, Nerodia fasciata and Elaphe obsoleta
40. The effect of sampling rate on the analysis of digital electromyograms from vertebrate muscle
41. Kinesis of the jaw apparatus during swallowing in the cottonmouth snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus
42. Kinematics of swallowing in the yellow rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata: A reappraisal
43. Intraoral transport of prey in the reticulated python; tests of a general tetrapod feeding model
44. Feeding mechanism in the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus
45. The relation between force and speed in muscular contraction
46. Internal concertina swallowing: A critical component of alethinophidian feeding systems
47. Feeding by mandibular raking in a snake
48. Sampling rates, aliasing and the analysis of electrophysiological signals
49. The roles of epaxial muscle activity and bending in snakes
50. The mechanics and muscular control of constriction in gopher snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) and a king snake (Lampropeltis getula)
51. Kinematics, muscular activity and propulsion in gopher snakes
52. Vertebral mechanics and motor control during swallowing in snakes
53. On the locomotion of snakes
54. The myology of the trunk region in snakes and its significance for ophidian taxonomy
55. The misuse of ratios to scale physiological data that vary allometrically with body size
56. Specializations of the body form and food habits of snakes
57. Axial myology of the racer Coluber constrictor with emphasis on the neck region
58. Morphological correlates of predatory modes in the coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) and rosy boa (Lichanura roseofusca)
59. Some correlates of cranial and cervical myology with predatory modes in snakes
60. The role of venom delivery strategies in snake evolution
61. Prey constriction by venomous snakes: A review and new data on Australian species
62. An electromyographic study of the function of the jaw adducting muscles in Varanus exanthematicus (Varanidae)
63. Morphology and function of the tongue and hyoid apparatus in Varanus (Varanidae, Lacertilia)
64. The form of the feeding apparatus in terrestrial vertebrates: Studies of adaptation and constraint
65. Feeding behaviour in two scleroglossan lizards: Lacerta viridis (Lacertidae) and Zonosaurus laticaudus (Cordylidae)