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Title Craniofacial muscles : a new framework for understanding the effector side of craniofacial muscle control / Linda K. McLoon, Francisco Andrade, editors
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2013

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Contents Part 1. Overview -- The Craniofacial Muscles: Arguments for Uniqueness -- Francisco H. Andrade and Linda K. McLoon -- Part 2. Development -- Head Muscle Development -- Itamar Harel and Eldad Tzahor -- Part 3. Extraocular Muscles -- Extraocular Muscle Structure and Function -- Linda K. McLoon, Christy L. Willoughby and Francisco H. Andrade -- Motor Control of Extraocular Muscle -- Vallabh E. Das -- Extraocular Muscles Response to Neuromuscular Diseases and Specific Pathologies -- Fatima Pedrosa Domellöf -- Part 4. Masticatory Muscles -- Masticatory Muscle Structure and Function -- Mark Lewis, Nigel Hunt and Rishma Shah -- Motor Control of Masticatory Muscles -- Barry J. Sessle, Limor Avivi-Arber and Gregory M. Murray -- Masticatory Muscle Response to Neuromuscular Diseases and Specific Pathologies -- Sadie L. Hebert, Christy L. Willoughby, Francisco H. Andrade and Linda K. McLoon -- Part 5. Laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles -- Structure and Function of the Laryngeal and Pharyngeal Muscles -- Lisa A. Vinney and Nadine P. Connor -- Motor Control and Biomechanics of Laryngeal and Pharyngeal Muscles -- Christy L. Ludlow -- Laryngeal Muscle Response to Neuromuscular Diseases and Specific Pathologies -- J.C. Stemple, L. Fry and R.D. Andreatta -- Part 6. Tongue Musculature -- Tongue Structure and Function -- Alan Sokoloff and Thomas Burkholder -- Tongue Biomechanics and Motor Control -- Mary Snyder Shall -- Tongue Muscle Response to Neuromuscular Diseases and Specific Pathologies -- Zi-Jun Liu -- Part 7. Facial Muscles -- Facial Nerve Innervation and Facial Palsies -- Adriaan O. Grobbelaar and Alex C.S. Woollard -- Spastic Facial Muscle Disorders -- Juwan Park, Andrew R. Harrison and Michael S. Lee -- Part 8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Comparison of the Craniofacial Muscles: A Unifying Hypothesis -- Linda K. McLoon and Francisco H. Andrade
Summary Of the approximately 640 muscles in the human body, over 10% of them are found in the craniofacial region. The craniofacial muscles are involved in a number of crucial non-locomotor activities, and are critical to the most basic functions of life, including vision, taste, chewing and food manipulation, swallowing, respiration, speech, as well as regulating facial expression and controlling facial aperture patency. Despite their importance, the biology of these small skeletal muscles is relatively unexplored. Only recently have we begun to understand their unique embryonic development and the genes that control it and characteristic features that separate them from the skeletal muscle stereotype. This book is the most comprehensive reference to date on craniofacial muscle development, structure, function, and disease. It details the state-of-the-art basic science of the craniofacial muscles, and describes their unique response to major neuromuscular conditions. Most importantly, the text highlights how the craniofacial muscles are different from most skeletal muscles, and why they have been viewed as a distinct allotype. In addition, the text points to major gaps in our knowledge about these very important skeletal muscles and identified key gaps in our knowledge and areas primed for further study and discovery
Analysis Medicine
Human physiology
Neurosciences
Human anatomy
Biomedicine
Anatomy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
In Springer eBooks
Subject Face -- Muscles.
Masticatory muscles.
Neck -- Muscles.
Face -- Muscles -- Diseases
Neck -- Muscles -- Diseases
Muscles -- Diseases.
Facial Muscles
Masticatory Muscles
Neck Muscles
Muscular Diseases
MEDICAL -- Physiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Muscles -- Diseases
Face -- Muscles
Masticatory muscles
Neck -- Muscles
Form Electronic book
Author McLoon, Linda K
Andrade, Francisco
LC no. 2012945590
ISBN 9781461444664
1461444667
1461444659
9781461444657
9786613936608
661393660X