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levator operculi
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Hyoid muscle that originates at the ventrolateral margin of the pterotic and inserts in the dorsomesial edge of the opercle. The levator operculi is responible for jaw depression, its force of contraction is transmitted through the opercular series and the interoperculo-mandibular ligament to the lower jaw. [ ]
Term info
Label
levator operculi
Synonyms
- levator operculae
- levator operculi muscle
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homology notes
The depressor mandibulae of tetrapods, which opens the jaws, is the homologue of the levator operculi and epihyoidean. In mammals, the depressor mandibulae evolves into the stapedius (...).[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0011649
Term relations
Subclass of:
- hyoid muscle
- develops_from some pharyngeal arch 2
- has_muscle_insertion some opercle
- innervated_by some facial nerve