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Term information
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Muscle in sharks that is homologous to levator operculi and depressor mandibulae / stapedius
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]
Term relations
Subclass of:
- hyoid muscle
- in taxon some Selachii
- develops from some pharyngeal arch 2
- innervated_by some facial nerve