levator operculi

Term ID

ZFA:0000537

Synonyms

• levator operculae

Definition

Hyoid muscle that originates at the ventrolateral margin of the pterotic and inserts in the dorsomesial edge of the opercle. The levator operculi is responsible for jaw depression, its force of contraction is transmitted through the opercular series and the interoperculo-mandibular ligament to the lower jaw. (1)

Appears at

Larval:Protruding-mouth (72.0h-96.0h, 3.5mm)

Evident until

Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)

References

• TAO:0000537

Ontology

Anatomy Ontology