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J Appl Physiol 63: 1443-1449, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 63, Issue 4 1443-1449, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Relation between upper airway volume and hyoid muscle length

E. van Lunteren, M. A. Haxhiu and N. S. Cherniack
Department of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio.

Previous studies have suggested that the geniohyoid and sternohyoid muscles act to enlarge the upper airway. If correct, there should be an inverse relation between upper airway volume and the length of hyoid muscles. To test this, known volumes of air were injected into or removed from the isolated sealed upper airway of eight pentobarbital sodium-anesthetized cats, and the resultant changes in geniohyoid and sternohyoid length were measured using sonomicrometry. Increases in upper airway volume shortened the geniohyoid in all cats (P less than 0.001) and shortened the sternohyoid in seven of eight cats (P less than 0.01); mean geniohyoid shortening (as a % of resting length) exceeded that of the sternohyoid. Decreases in upper airway volume lengthened the geniohyoid in all cats (P less than 0.001) but caused variable changes in sternohyoid length. Extension of the neck increased the resting lengths of both the geniohyoid (P less than 0.001) and sternohyoid (P less than 0.002). Neck flexion shortened the resting length of both hyoid muscles (P less than 0.001 for both), with the geniohyoid shortening more (as a % of resting length) than the sternohyoid (P less than 0.005). Progressive flexion of the neck from 180 to 90 degrees caused progressive increases in the ratio of changes in muscle length to changes in upper airway volume during airway inflation but did not affect this relation during airway deflation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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