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J Appl Physiol 67: 2614-2621, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 6 2614-2621, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Inspiratory function of the levator costae and external intercostal muscles in the dog

A. De Troyer and G. A. Farkas
Thoracic Disease Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.

The shortening of the canine parasternal intercostals during inspiration may have a passive component, and we have previously speculated that this might result from the actions of the levator costae and external intercostals (J. Appl. Physiol. 66: 1421-1429, 1989). The present studies were designed, therefore, to evaluate the pattern of activation of these muscles in the dog and to define their action on the rib cage during breathing. The results indicate that 1) the levator costae and external intercostals in the cranial part of the rib cage are active during inspiration, both in the supine and in the prone posture; 2) the inspiratory activation of the two muscles is increased after bilateral phrenicotomy; 3) it is increased even more when the parasternal intercostals in the different interspaces are also denervated; and 4) when the levator costae and external intercostals are the only muscles active during inspiration, the ribs continue to move cranially, and the sternum, rather than moving caudally as it does in the intact animal, moves cranially as well. Therefore, we conclude that the levator costae and external intercostals in the dog have a true inspiratory function. When needed, they are capable of causing a significant expansion of the rib cage and the lung during breathing.


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