A prominent compressor muscle found in poisonous snakes that originates in the lower jaw, sweeps around the venom gland, and inserted on the gland's surface. The muscles acts to squeeze the gland and release venom. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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- muscle organ
- part of some venom gland musculature
- part of some system
- attached to some snake venom gland
- attached to some bone of lower jaw