A muscle derivative of the mandibular levator that runs from the chondrocranium to the palatoquadrate cartilage. Found in sharks. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]
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Term information
taxon notes
In some fishes such as the chimera and in tetrapods the palatoquadrate becomes fused to the braincase and this muscle is absent.
Term relations
Subclass of:
- trigeminal nerve muscle
- jaw muscle
- innervated_by some mandibular nerve
- develops from some pharyngeal arch 1