Abstract
Mechanoreceptors of the locomotive system are to be found in joint capsules and ligaments, in the connective tissue sheaths of muscles, as well as in aponeuroses, tendons and muscles (see chapter 5, this volume). For kinesthesia, which is the “sense of position as well as movements of body parts” (Proske et al., 1988), all these receptors even including receptors of the skin are necessary, however, different joints and different kinds of mechanoreceptors may play different roles in these sensations (Ferrell, 1988; Ferrell et al., 1987; Ferrell and Smith 1988; Ferrell and Baxendale 1988; Matthews, 1982; McClosey et al., 1987). The controversial discussion of physiologists as to the significance of individual receptors or receptor groups for kinesthesia has not yet been decisively concluded. As anatomists, all we can do is speculate on the physiology of mechanoreceptors, but we can at least describe their distribution patterns in relation to functional joint anatomy. To this end, we compared two similar joint regions (i.e., the deep lateral elbow joint with the origin of the supinator muscle) of different species and the distribution patterns of mechanoreceptors within these. “Similar” means that both regions are composed of the same constituents, but that they have differing mechanoreceptor distribution patterns and that the joints are used in a different way by the animal in question.
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Strasmann, T., van der Wal, J.C., Halata, Z., Drukker, J. (1990). Sensory Innervation Patterns of the Origins of the Supinator Muscles in the Rat and the Gray Short-Tailed Opossum in Relation to Function. In: Zenker, W., Neuhuber, W.L. (eds) The Primary Afferent Neuron. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0579-8_6
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