Organization of the Olfactory and Respiratory Skeleton in the Nose of the Gray Short-Tailed Opossum Monodelphis domestica

Rowe, Timothy; Eiting, Thomas P.; Macrini, Thomas E.; Ketcham, Richard A.

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“…Therefore, our knowledge of the specific distribution of mucosae over these elements informs comparative analyses in a crucial manner. A broader base of histological data on these structures has become more important as high resolution study of the internal nose is now possible using CT technology (Rowe et al, 2005;Craven et al, 2007;Smith et al, 2010). The present study offers a framework for future quantitative work.…”

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“…Despite obvious methodological differences between the present study and Rowe et al (2005), both are rooted in mucosal characteristics of nasal elements, allowing some comparative statements. There is a close similarity in the organization of the nasal fossa in two respects.…”

Section: Comparison To Internal Nasal Dimensions In Monodelphis Domesmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…Frequently, terminology is rooted in a physiological (e.g., Clancy et al, 1994;Craven et al, 2007) or developmental (e.g., Maier, 1993;Rowe et al, 2005;Smith and Rossie, 2008) basis. Here, we use the term central nasal airway primarily in a descriptive manner.…”

Section: Three-dimensional Reconstructions Of the Nasal Fossa And Airmentioning

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“…In this light, some differences between Microcebus and Monodelphis are particularly striking. For example, the SA for ETs in Monodelphis (''endoturbinals'' in Rowe et al, 2005) comprises 37% of the total nasal fossa SA, whereas this percentage is 25% in Microcebus (this percentage includes both interturbinals and ETs in Microcebus, because Rowe et al did not distinguish the former). Rowe et al also provide SA for two ''ectoturbinals.''…”

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“…This enables a more detailed assessment of the total SA produced by turbinals, and the proportion to which they augment the nasal airway or its recesses. This information provides crucial background for understanding the intricate internal nasal skeletal anatomy that has recently become far more accessible for study with improved technology such as high resolution computed tomography (CT) (e.g., Rowe et al, 2005;Rossie, 2006;Smith et al, 2010;Van Valkenburgh et al, 2011).…”

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The nasal fossa of most mammals exemplifies extreme skeletal complexity. Thin scrolls of bone (turbinals) that both elaborate surface area (SA) and subdivide nasal space are used as morphological proxies for olfactory and respiratory physiology. The present study offers additional details on the nasal fossa of the adult mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus), previously described by Smith and Rossie (Smith and Rossie [2008]; Anatomical Record 291:895-915). Additional, intervening histological sections of the specimen were used to map and quantify the distribution of olfactory and nonolfactory mucosa on the smaller turbinal of the frontal recess (FR; frontoturbinal) and those that occur between ethmoturbinals (ETs; interturbinals). A second adult Microcebus specimen, available as a dried skull, was scanned using microcomputed tomography (microCT) and reconstructed to infer the position of these turbinals within the nasal airway. Overall, turbinal bones comprise more than half of internal nasal SA. All ETs combined comprise about 30% of total nasal fossa SA, and contribute nearly half of all olfactory SA. Of these, the nasoturbinal (NT) is most completely covered with olfactory mucosa, whereas ET I is least covered with olfactory mucosa. The FR contributes significantly to total olfactory SA (ca. 20%). This recess and the single frontoturbinal within it lie in a more lateral pathway of airflow compared with interturbinals, which lie in more central zone just anterior to the olfactory recess of Microcebus. Variations in the turbinals and recesses that complicate central and paranasal in primates should be investigated further in light of zone-specific distributions of olfactory receptors (ORs) that differ between these regions in rodents. Anat Rec, 294:1217Rec, 294: -1225

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Comparative morphology, dealing with the diversity of form and shape, and functional morphology, the study of the relationship between the structure and the function of an organism's parts, are both important subdisciplines in biological research. Virtual anthropology (VA) contributes to comparative morphology by taking advantage of technological innovations, and it also offers new opportunities for functional analyses. It exploits digital technologies and pools experts from different domains such as anthropology, primatology, medicine, paleontology, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering. VA as a technical term was coined in the late 1990s from the perspective of anthropologists with the intent of being mostly applied to biological questions concerning recent and fossil hominoids. More generally, however, there are advanced methods to study shape and size or to manipulate data digitally suitable for application to all kinds of primates, mammals, other vertebrates, and invertebrates or to issues regarding plants, tools, or other objects. In this sense, we could also call the field "virtual morphology." The approach yields permanently available virtual copies of specimens and data that comprehensively quantify geometry, including previously neglected anatomical regions. It applies advanced statistical methods, supports the reconstruction of specimens based on reproducible manipulations, and promotes the acquisition of larger samples by data sharing via electronic archives. Finally, it can help identify new, hidden traits, which is particularly important in paleoanthropology, where the scarcity of material demands extracting information from fragmentary remains. This contribution presents a current view of the six main work steps of VA: digitize, expose, compare, reconstruct, materialize, and share. The VA machinery has also been successfully used in biomechanical studies which simulate the stress and strains appearing in structures. Although methodological issues remain to be solved before results from the two domains can be fully integrated, the various overlaps and cross-fertilizations suggest the widespread appearance of a "virtual functional morphology" in the near future. Yrbk Phys Anthropol 156:22-42,

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Organization of the Olfactory and Respiratory Skeleton in the Nose of the Gray Short-Tailed Opossum Monodelphis domestica

Cited by 101 publications

References 54 publications

Distribution of Olfactory and Nonolfactory Surface Area in the Nasal Fossa of Microcebus murinus: Implications for Microcomputed Tomography and Airflow Studies

Distribution of Olfactory and Nonolfactory Surface Area in the Nasal Fossa of Microcebus murinus: Implications for Microcomputed Tomography and Airflow Studies

Anatomy of the Nasal Passages in Mammals

Virtual Anthropology

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