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. 2022 Nov 15;4(1):obac045. doi: 10.1093/iob/obac045

Table 1.

Relative timing of kinematic variables for individuals RM01, RM02, and RM03 as well as the average between all three individuals. Values written mean ± SE for successful, single-swallow, straight events for each individual (RM01 = 11; RM02 = 13; RM03 = 12). See Supp. Table 4 for definitions of variables.

RM01 RM02 RM03 Overall
Prey Capture Phase
Eye Closure Onset (cycle %) 0 0 0 0
Mouth Open Onset (cycle %) 9.51 ± 0.15 7.9 ± 0.21 8.33 ± 0.19 8.54 ± 0.16
Hyalia Max1 (cycle %) 9.49 ± 0.14 8.62 ± 0.19 8.85 ± 0.15 8.96 ± 0.11
Tongue Base Protrusion Onset (cycle %) 9.56 ± 0.18 8.94 ± 0.16 8.7 ± 0.16 9.05 ± 0.11
Tongue Tip Protrusion Onset (cycle %) 9.62 ± 0.24 9.51 ± 0.17 9.31 ± 0.16 9.48 ± 0.11
Hyalia Min1 (cycle %) 10.25 ± 0.16 9.96 ± 0.16 9.79 ± 0.17 9.99 ± 0.1
Hyalia Max2 (cycle %) 11.53 ± 0.16 11.37 ± 0.26 10.77 ± 0.13 11.22 ± 0.12
Tongue Tip Protrusion Offset (cycle %) 13.19 ± 0.26 12.16 ± 0.22 12.25 ± 0.18 12.51 ± 0.15
Tongue Base Protrusion Offset (cycle %) 13.1 ± 0.25 13.08 ± 0.23 12.41 ± 0.24 12.86 ± 0.14
Prey Transport Phase
Maximum Mouth Gape (cycle %) 16.51 ± 0.3 16.94 ± 0.33 15.92 ± 0.21 16.47 ± 0.18
Tongue Base Retraction Offset (cycle %) 19.33 ± 0.43 21.02 ± 0.56 20.33 ± 0.19 20.27 ± 0.27
Tongue Tip Retraction Offset (cycle %) 20.5 ± 0.54 19.96 ± 0.53 25.07 ± 0.65 21.83 ± 0.5
Skull Max Stretch (cycle %) 15.76 ± 0.44 28.45 ± 2.83 24.68 ± 1 23.32 ± 1.38
Mouth Open Offset (cycle %) 22.08 ± 0.54 24.62 ± 0.55 23.98 ± 0.59 23.63 ± 0.36
Eye Closure Offset (cycle %) 20.68 ± 0.84 32.41 ± 2.43 32.22 ± 1.76 28.76 ± 1.39
Hyalia Min2 (cycle %) 27.61 ± 0.49 32.36 ± 0.77 27.34 ± 0.82 29.23 ± 0.57
Girdle Max Yaw (cycle %) 28.69 ± 0.66 30.73 ± 2.82 N/A 29.79 ± 1.54
Tongue Base Max2 (cycle %) 30.51 ± 0.43 N/A N/A 30.51 ± 0.43
Hyoid Dorsal Maximum (cycle %) 30.51 ± 0.4 36.07 ± 0.79 34.54 ± 0.98 33.86 ± 0.59
Hyalia Max3 (cycle %) 31.39 ± 0.46 38.21 ± 1.09 35.33 ± 0.89 35.16 ± 0.69
Swallowing Phase
Hyalia Max4 (cycle %) 60.86 ± 0.97 52.77 ± 1.05 N/A 56.48 ± 1.1