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protractor operculi
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Muscle located in the lateral region of the cheek, linking the lateral surface of opercle with the posterolateral margin of the suspensorium (usually the preopercle). [ ]
Term info
Label
protractor operculi
comment
Occurs in most members of the Trichomycteridae, except in basal Copionodontinae and Trichogeninae (de Pinna, 1992).
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teleost_anatomy_curators
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uberon/phenoscape-anatomy
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This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon