Question | Answer |
Myomeres | Origin;Myosepta
Insertion:myosepta
Action:lateral flexion of body |
Coracomandibular | origin:coracoid bar
Insertion:Mandibular cartilage
Action:opens mouth and enlarges pharynx |
coracoarcules | origin:coracoid bar
insertion:fascia of coracohyoids
Action;opens mouth and enlarges pharynx |
intermandibular | origin:mandibular cartilage
insertion:ventral midline(raphe)
action:elevates floor of oral cavity |
coracohyoids | origin;connective tissue on coracoarcuals
insertion:hyoid arch
action:opens mouth,enlarges pharynx |
interhyoid | origin:hyoid cartilage
insertion:ventral midline(raphe)
action:elevates floor of oral cavity |
pectoral ventral fin muscle | origin:coracoid bar
insertion:ventral surface of ptergiophores
action:adducts pectoral fin |
pectoral dorsal fin muscle | origin:Scapular process
insertion:dorsal surface of ptergiophores
action:abducts pectoral fin |
pelvic ventral fin muscle | origin:puboischiadic bar and metapterygium
insertion:radial cartilages
action:adducts pelvic fin |
pelvic dorsal fin muscle | origin:Illiac process and metaptyergium
insertion:radial cartilages
action:abducts pelvic fin |
adductor mandibulae | origin:palatoquadrate cartilage
insertion:mandibular cartilage
action:closes the jaw |
levator palatoquadrate | origin:otic capsule
insertion:Palatoquadrate cartilage
action:elevates upper jaw and enlarges oral cavity |
Spiracular | Origin:otic capsules
insertion:wall of spiracle
action:opens spiracle |
Preorbital | origin:ventral side of orbit
insertion:mandibular cartilage
action:enlarges oral cavity |
ventral hyoid constrictor | origin:connective tissue over interhyoids
insertion:lateral raphe
action:constricts first branchial pouch |
dorsal hyoid constrictor | origin:connective tissue over epibranchials
insertion:lateral raphe
action:constricts the first branchial pouch |
levator hyomandibulae | origin:otic capsule
insertion:hyomandibular cartilage
action:pulls hyoid up and forward |
dorsal superficial branchial constrictor | origin:dorsal raphes
insertion:interbrachial septa
action:constricts branchial pouches |
ventral superficial branchial constrictor | origin:ventral raphes
insertion:interbrachial septa
action:constricts branchial pouches |
cucullaris | origin:connective tissue over epibranchials
insertion:scapular process and last branchial arch
action:protracts pectoral fin and elevates gill apparatus |