The skeletal muscle layer in the superficial fascia deep to the panniculus adiposus. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panniculus_carnosus MP:0011157 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0123813611 ]
Synonyms: panniculus carnosus panniculus carnosus group
Term information
They act to raise hair, quills, feathers, etc. It is also used in 'twitch' reflexes to shake off insects, etc.[Palaeos]
fine, flat muscles within the hypodermis. Their origin is in the deep fascia of bone and they insert into superficial skin.
Term relations
- hypodermis skeletal muscle layer
- innervated_by some spinal nerve
- deep to some panniculus adiposus
- in taxon some (not Homo sapiens)
- in taxon some Mammalia