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J Appl Physiol 69: 1992-1997, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 69, Issue 6 1992-1997, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Contractile and endurance properties of geniohyoid and diaphragm muscles

E. van Lunteren, R. J. Salomone, P. Manubay, G. S. Supinski and T. E. Dick
Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

Despite the wealth of information about the neural control of pharyngeal dilator muscles, little is known about their intrinsic physiological properties. In the present study the in situ isometric contractility and endurance of a pharyngeal dilator, the geniohyoid muscle, were compared with properties of the diaphragm in 12 anesthetized artificially ventilated cats. The contraction time (means +/- SE) of the geniohyoid (27 +/- 2 ms) was shorter than that of the diaphragm (36 +/- 3 ms; P less than 0.0005), as was the half-relaxation time (29 +/- 2 vs. 45 +/- 4 ms; P less than 0.002). The faster contraction and relaxation of the geniohyoid compared with the diaphragm were appropriately reflected in the shape of the force-frequency curves for the two muscles, with that of the geniohyoid located to the right of the diaphragm force-frequency curve. The endurance properties of the two muscles were assessed using repetitive stimulation at 40 Hz in trains lasting 0.33 s, with one train repeated every second. The ratio of force at the end of 2 min of repetitive stimulation to initial force was 0.67 +/- 0.06 for the geniohyoid and 0.15 +/- 0.03 for the diaphragm (P less than 0.00001). After the repetitive stimulation, the muscle force generated in response to a range of stimulus frequencies was reduced to a greater extent for the diaphragm than for the geniohyoid muscle. These results indicate that the geniohyoid muscle has a faster physiological profile than does the diaphragm yet is relatively resistant to fatigue when driven at high rates.


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