Is the human tongue a muscular hydrostat?
Muscular hydrostats are organs that are composed almost entirely of muscle, with a complex muscular arrangement within the organ. Examples of muscular hydrostats include the mammalian tongue, octopus tentacles, elephant trunks and the medicinal leech. Do squid have muscles? The squid Doryteuthis pealeii possesses muscle fibres with unique contractile properties. The squid has eight arms…