levator operculi

levator operculae

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.

Type Muscle
Nom latin levator operculae

Questions fréquentes

What is the levator operculi?
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 lo
What is the Latin name for the levator operculi?
The Latin name for the levator operculi is levator operculae.

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