Lab Exam 2: Muscles Flashcards
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Coracomandibular
Originate in other muscles
Insert in mandibular cartilage
Functions to open mouth
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Rectus cervicis complex (coracoarcual/coracohyoid)
Origin in pectoral girdle
Insert in hyoid
Function: support pharynx & help open mouth
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Dorsal pectoral fin muscle (pectoral abductor)
Origin in pectoral girdle
Insert in dorsal surface of pterygiophores
Function to elevate fin/pull fin caudally
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Ventral pectoral fin muscle (pectoral adductor)
Origin in pectoral girdle
Insert in ventral surface of pterygiophores
Function to depress fin/pull fin forward
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Adductor mandibulae
Origin in palatoquadrate cartilage
Insert in meckel’s cartilage
Function to close mouth
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Elevator palatoquadrati
Origin in otic capsule
Insert in palatoquadrate
Function to elevate palatoquadrate
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Spiracularis
Origin in otic capsule
Insert in palatoquadrate
Function to elevate palatoquadrate
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Preorbitalis
Origin in chondrocranium
Insert in meckel’s cartilage
Function to close mouth
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Intermandibularis
Origin in meckel’s cartilage
Insert in med ventral tendon
Function to elevate mouth floor/force water through gill pouches
Function:
Interhyoideus
Ventral/dorsal hyoid constrictors
Levator hyomandibulae
Dorsal/ventral superficial constrictors
Interbranchials
Branchial adductors
Function to compress gill pouches
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Culcullarius
Origin in epibranchial muscles
Insert in last gill arch/scapula
Function to elevate gill arch/elevate scapula
Function:
Cutaneous trunci
Platysma
Move skin
Function:
External/internal oblique
Transversus abdominis
Function to support viscera
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Rectus abdominis
Origin in pubis
Insert in sternum
Function to flex body
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Pectoralis transversus/profundus
Origin in sternum
Insertion in humerus
Function to adduct/retract arm
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Xiphihumeralis
Origin in xiphoid process
Insert in humerus
Function to adduct/retract arm
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Sternomastoid
Origin in sternum
Insertion in mastoid process
Function to rotate/depress head
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Latissimus dorsi
Origin in vertebrae
Insert in humerus
Function to retract humerus
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Triceps brancii (long/lateral/medial heads)
Origin in humerus
Insertion in olecranon process
Function to extend lower arm
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Branchialis
Origin in humerus
Insertion in ulna
Function to flex lower arm
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Biceps branchii
Origin in scapula
Insertion in radial tuberosity
Function to flex lower arm
Origin/Insertion/Function:
sartorius
Origin in illium
Insert in tibia
Function to adduct femur
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Hamstrings (biceps femoris, semitendinosus, gracilis, semimemranosus)
Origin in pelvic girdle
Insert in tibia
Function to flex lower leg
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Quadriceps femoris (vastus lateralis/medialis/intermedius, rectus femoris)
Origin in ilium or femur
Insert in tibia
Function to extend lower leg
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Pectineus, adductor femoris/longus
Origin in pelvic girdle
Insert in femur
Function to adduct femur
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Gastrocnemius
Origin in femur
Insert in calcaneus
Function as plantar flexion
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Digastric
Origin in skull
Insert in dentary
Function to depress mandible
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Masseter
Origin in zygomatic arch
Insert in dentary
Function to elevate mandible (close jaw)
Origin/Insertion/Function:
Temporalis
Origin in skull
Insert in coronoid process
Function to elevate mandible (close jaws)
Linea Alba (cat)
-“white line”
-Thin whitish connective tissue that runs from sternum to pubic bone
-Separates R and L sides of abdominal muscles that support internal viscera
Intermandibularis (shark)
-“between mandibles”
-Paired sheets of ventral muscle, most superficial
-Originate on each side of mandibular cartilage
-Insert in center midventral tendon
-Function to open jaws and compress gill pouches
Interhyoideus (shark)
-“between hyoid”
-Paired sheets of muscle located underneath Intermandibularis muscles
-Function to compress gill pouches
Coracomandibular (shark)
-“coraco-“ relates to scapula & “mandib-“ relates to lower jaw
-Underneath Intermandibularis and Interhyoideus
-Unpaired narrow muscle along midventral line
-Insert in ventral center of mandibular cartilage
-Function to close mouth
Coracoarcuals (shark)
“co-ra-co-ar-kew-als”
-Part of Rectus cervicis complex (“straight neck”)
-“Coraco-“ relates to scapula
-Paired triangular-shaped muscles underneath coracomandibular
-Origin in pectoral girdle (scapula) and insert in hyoid
-Function to support pharynx and open mouth
Coracohyoid (shark)
-Part of Rectus cervicis complex (“straight neck”)
-“Coraco-“ relates to scapula and “hyoid”
-Paired muscles rostral to coracoarcuals underneath Intermandibularis and Interhyoideus muscles
-Origin in pectoral girdle (scapula) and insert in hyoid
-Function to support pharynx and open mouth
Dorsal pectoral fin muscle
-Located on topside of each pectoral fin
-Origin in pectoral girdle
-Insert in dorsal surface of pterygiophores
-Functions as pectoral abductor, pulling fin up
Ventral pectoral fin muscle
-Located on underside of each pectoral fin
-Origin in pectoral girdle
-Insert in ventral surface of pterygiophores
-Functions as pectoral adductor, pulling fin down
Dorsal pelvic fin muscle
-Located on dorsal side of pelvic fins
-Functions as pelvic abductor, lifting it up
Ventral pelvic fin muscle (two portions)
-Located on ventral side of pelvic fins
-Divided into:
-Proximal (puboischiadic bar to pterigium)
-Distal (pterygium to radial cartilage)
-Function as pelvic adductor, pulls fin down
Adductor mandibulae (shark)
-Found on either side of the mouth behind eye on both jaw cartilages
-Origin in palatoquadrate
-Inserts into mandibular cartilage
-Function to close (adduct) mouth
Levator palatoquadrati (shark)
-Located dorsal to adductor mandibulae and rostral to spiracle
-Origin in otic capsule (ear area)
-Insert in palatoquadrate
-Functions to lift palatoquadrate when closing mouth
Spiracularis (shark)
-Caudal to levator palatoquadrati
-Located on cranial wall of spiracle
-Functions to close spiracle valve
Preorbitalis (shark)
-Located in orbit
-Origin in ventral surface of chondrocranium
-Insert in mandibular cartilage
-Function to close mouth
Ventral hyoid constrictor (shark)
-Located caudal to Interhyoideus
-Function to compress gill pouches