Neuromuscular systems in the fifth instar larva of silkworm Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae): II- Abdominal musculature and its innervation
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The gross organisation of abdominal musculature and its innervation by segmental ganglionic nerves were studied in the fifth instar larva of Bombyx mori. The musculature comprises dorsal, ventral and lateral groups of muscles, represented as external and internal layers. The dorsal group includes musculi dorsales interni mediales (DIM), musculi dorsales externi mediales (DEM), musculi dorsales interni laterals (DIL) and musculi dorsales externi laterales (DEL). The ventral group includes musculi ventrales interni mediales (VIM), musculi ventrales
externi mediales (VEM), musculi ventrales interni laterales (VIL) and musculi ventrales externi laterales (VEL). The lateral group is represented by musculi laterales interni (LI) and musculi laterales externi (LE). The abdominal muscles are innervated by the dorsal (DN) and ventral (VN) nerves of abdominal ganglia. The DN innervates ventral internal, lateral internal and both dorsal external and internal muscles, while the VN innervates ventral external and lateral muscles. The sensory branches of DN and VN innervate the bodywall in the dorsal and ventral regions respectively with a sort of overlapping in the lateral region. The neuromuscular integration and intersegmental coordination in the abdominal region is discussed with reference to locomotion in the silkworm larva.
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Abdominal musculature, Bombyx mori, Ganglionic nerves, Innervation
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Honegger, H.W., Altman, J.S., Klen, J., Muller-Tauz, R., and Pollerberg, E.(2004). A comparative study of neck muscle motor neurons in a cricket and a locust. J.Comp.Neurology., 230 (4): 517 – 535.
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Kawasaki, F. and Kita, H. (2004). Structure and innervation of longitudinal and transverse abdominal muscles of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. J.Comp.Neurol., 352(1): 134 -146.
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Klass, K.D. (2008). The pregenital abdomen of a mantid and a cockroach: Musculature and nerve topography, with comparative remarks on other neoptera (Insecta: Dictyoptera). Deutsche Entamologische Zeitschrift., 46(1): 3-42.
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Libby, J. L. (1959). The nervous system of certain abdominal segments of the Cecropia larva (Lepidoptera: Saturnidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 52: 469-480.
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Ramirez, J.M. and Pearson,K.G. (1989). Alteration of the respiratory system at the onset of locust flight: I. Abdominal pumping. J.Exp.Biol., 142: 401 – 424.
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Ready, N.E. and Josephson, R.K. (2005 b). Structural and functional development of cricket wing muscles. J.Exp.Zool., 233 (1): 35 - 50.
Shankland, D.L. (2005). Nerves and muscles of the pregenital abdominal segments of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.). J. Morphol. 117(3): 353 - 385.
Shepheard, P. (1970). Control of head movement in the locust Schistocerca gregaria. Ph.D Thesis. Univrsity of St. Andrews.
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Stokes, D.R., Josephson, R.K. and Price, R.B. (2005). Structural and functional heterogeneity in an insect muscle. J. Exp. Zool., 194(2): 379- 407.
Taylor,H.M. and Truman, J.W.(1974). Metamorphosis of the abdominal ganglia of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta: Changes in the populations of identified motoneurons. J. Comp.
Physiol., 90: 367 - 388.
Usherwood, P.N.R. (1967). Insect neuromuscular mechanisms. Am. Zool., 7: 553 - 582.
Usherwood, P.N.R. (1968). A critical study for the evidence for peripheral inhibitory axons in insects. J. Exp. Biol., 49: 201 - 222.
Wolf, H. and Harzsch, S. (2002). Evolution of arthropod neuromuscular system-1. Arrangement of muscles and innervation in the walking legs of a scorpion, Vaejovis spingerus(Wood, 1863),Vaejovidae, Scorpiones, Arachnida. Arthropod Struct. Dev., 31(3): 185 – 202.
Yack, J.E. (2004). The structure and function of auditory chordotonal organs in insects. Microsc.Res.Tech., 63(6): 315- 337.
Yang, Q.Z. (1983). The identification of motor neurons innervating an abdominal ventilatory muscle in the locust. J. Exp. Biol., 107: 115 – 127.
Youssef, N.N.(2005 a). Musculature, nervous system and glands of metasomal abdominal segments of the female of Nomia melanderi CkII.(Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Morphol., 125(2): 205 – 217.
Youssef, N.N.(2005 b). Musculature, nervous system and glands of metasomal abdominal segments of the male of Nomia melanderi CkII.(Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Morphol., 129(1): 59 – 79.
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Neuromuscular systems in the fifth instar larva of silkworm Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae): II- Abdominal musculature and its innervation. (2009). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 1(2), 210-226. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v1i2.60
