In order to survive, animals have to eat - at least during certain phases of life, since the energy required for almost all life processes comes from the assimilation of existing organic compounds. Intraoral food processing as one of the four stages of feeding refers to any mechanical reduction or food…
Background: The feeding apparatus of salamanders consists mainly of the cranium, mandible, teeth, hyobranchial apparatus and the muscles of the cranial region. The morphology of the feeding apparatus in turn determines the boundary conditions for possible food processing (i.e., intraoral mechanical reduction)…