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J Appl Physiol 64: 1546-1553, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 64, Issue 4 1546-1553, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Mechanics of the parasternal intercostals during occluded breaths in dogs

A. De Troyer, G. A. Farkas and V. Ninane
Respiratory Research Unit, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels School of Medicine, Belgium.

The electrical activity and the respiratory changes in length of the third parasternal intercostal muscle were measured during single-breath airway occlusion in 12 anesthetized, spontaneously breathing dogs in the supine posture. During occluded breaths in the intact animal, the parasternal intercostal was electrically active and shortened while pleural pressure fell. In contrast, after section of the third intercostal nerve at the chondrocostal junction and abolition of parasternal electrical activity, the muscle always lengthened. This inspiratory muscle lengthening must be related to the fall in pleural pressure; it was, however, approximately 50% less than the amount of muscle lengthening produced, for the same fall in pleural pressure, by isolated stimulation of the phrenic nerves. These results indicate that 1) the parasternal inspiratory shortening that occurs during occluded breaths in the dog results primarily from the muscle inspiratory contraction per se, and 2) other muscles of the rib cage, however, contribute to this parasternal shortening by acting on the ribs or the sternum. The present studies also demonstrate the important fact that the parasternal inspiratory contraction in the dog is really agonistic in nature.


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