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Craniofacial Muscles

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210 A. Sokoloff and T. Burkholder

Fig. 12.2 Stylized illustration of parasagittal section of the murine tongue with photomicrographs

in the mouse of boxed regions. Note alteration of Transversus (T) and Verticalis (V) fascicles (c),

super fi cial T fi bers (arrow in a , asterisk in e) interlacing of V and longitudinal fi bers ( b , e ), anterior-to-posterior

distribution of motor endplate (MEP) zones in intrinsic longitudinal muscles ( b ,

c , e ) and single MEP band in the oblique GG ( f ). MEPs stained for acetylcholinesterase in b – f .

Calibration bar = 200 m m

Fig. 12.3 Coronal sections of rat and mouse tongue. ( a ) Anterior rat tongue stained for glycogen.

Note intermixing of fi bers of different orientation, super fi cial continuation of transverse fi bers

adjacent to epithelium ( arrow ), lateral location of vertical fi bers and medial extent of longitudinal

fi bers. ( b ) Diagrammatic representation of rat anterior tongue body showing features discussed in

text. ( c ) Acetylcholinesterase stain for motor endplates (MEP) in the anterior-middle mouse

tongue. Note MEP bands in vertical and transverse fascicles but sporadic MEPs in longitudinal

fascicles indicative of in-series fi ber organization. Arrow points to lateral vertical fi bers. Calibration

bars = 200 m m

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