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J Appl Physiol 69: 509-516, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 69, Issue 2 509-516, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Linkage between parasternals and external intercostals during resting breathing

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

To assess the mechanical coupling between the parasternal and external intercostals in the cranial portion of the rib cage, we measured the respiratory changes in length and the electromyograms of the two muscles in the same third or fourth intercostal space in 24 spontaneously breathing dogs. We found that 1) the amount of inspiratory shortening of the external intercostal was considerably smaller than the amount of shortening of the parasternal; 2) after selective denervation of the parasternal, the inspiratory shortening of both the parasternal and the external intercostal was almost abolished; 3) on the other hand, after selective denervation of the external intercostal, the inspiratory shortening of the parasternal was unchanged, and the inspiratory shortening of the external intercostal was reduced but not suppressed; and 4) this persistent shortening of the external intercostal was reversed into a clear-cut inspiratory lengthening when the parasternal was subsequently denervated. We conclude that in the dog 1) the inspiratory contraction of the external intercostals in the cranial portion of the rib cage is agonistic in nature as is the contraction of the parasternals; 2) during resting breathing, however, the changes in length of these external intercostals are largely determined by the action of the parasternals. These observations are consistent with the idea that in the dog, the parasternals play a larger role than the external intercostals in elevating the ribs during resting inspiration.


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