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levator operculi

Term ID
UBERON:0011649
Synonyms
  • levator operculae
  • levator operculi muscle
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 responible for jaw depression, its force of contraction is transmitted through the opercular series and the interoperculo-mandibular ligament to the lower jaw. ZFA:0000537
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