Muscles Flashcards
Shark: Pectoral Extensors
Origin: Scapular Process and Adjacent Fascia
Insertion: Radials and Ceratotrichia
Function: Elevates pectoral fin
Shark: Pectoral Flexors
Origin: Coracoid bar
Insertion: Radials and Ceratotrichia
Function: Depresses pectoral fin
Shark: Pelvic Extensors (Superficial part)
Origin: Iliac process of puboishiac bar
Insertion: Radials and Ceratotrichia
Function: Elevates pelvic fin
Shark: Pelvic Extensors (Deep part)
Origin: Metapterygium
Insertion: Radials and Ceratotrichia
Function: Elevates the pelvic fin
Shark: Pelvic Flexors (Proximal part)
Origin: Linea alba and puboischiac bar
Insertion: Metapterygium
Function: Depresses pelvic fin
Shark: Pelvic Flexors (Distal part)
Origin: Metapterygium
Insertion: Radials and Ceratotrichia
Function: Depresses pelvic fin
Shark: Adductor mandibulae
Origin: Posterior part of the palatoquadrate cartilage
Insertion: Meckel’s cartilage
Function: Closes the mouth
Shark: Dorsal and Ventral constrictors 3-6
Origin: Vertical raphe
Insertion: Vertical raphe
Function: Compresses gill pouches
Shark: Interhyoideus
Origin: Midventral raphe
Insertion: Ceratohyal
Function: Compresses gill pouches
Shark: Intermandibularis
Origin: Meckel’s cartilage and fasica of the adductor muscle
Insertion: Midventral raphe
Function: Raises the floor of the mouth
Shark: Levator hyomandibulae
Origin: Otic capsule
Insertion: Hyomandibular
Function: Compresses gill pouches
Shark: Preorbitalis
Origin: Midventral surface of the chondrocranium
Insertion: Adductor Mandibulae
Function: Closes the mouth
Shark: Spiracularis
Origin: Otic capsule
Insertion: Palatoquadrate cartilage
Function: Raises the upper jaw
Shark: Cucullaris
Origin: Dorsal Longitudinal bundle fascia
Insertion: Epibrachial cartilage and scapular process
Function: Elevates the gill arches and pectoral girdle
Shark: Interarcuals
Origin: Pharyngobrachials
Insertion: Epibrachials
Function: Expands the pharynx
Shark: Levator palatoquadrati
Origin: Otic capsule
Insertion: Palatoquadrate cartilage
Function: Raises the upper jaw
Shark: Common coracoarcuals
Origin: Coracoid bar
Insertion: Coracohyoid
Function: Opens the mouth
Shark: Coracomandubularis
Origin: Fascia of Common coracoarcuals
Insertion: Meckel’s cartilage
Function: Opens the mouth
Shark: Coracohyoid
Origin: Common coracoarcuals
Insertion: Basihyal
Function: Opens the mouth
Mudpuppy: Omoarcual
Origin: Rectus cervicis
Insertion: Humerus
Function: Draws humerus craniad
Mudpuppy: Pectoralis
Origin: Linea alba and coracoid cartilage
Insertion: Humerus
Function: Adducts the forelimb
Mudpuppy: Procoracohumeralis
Origin: Procoracoid cartilage
Insertion: Humerus
Function: Draws humerus craniad
Mudpuppy: Supracoracoideus
Origin: Coracoid cartilage
Insertion: Humerus
Function: Adducts forelimb
Mudpuppy: Branchiohyoideus
Origin: First brachial arch
Insertion: Ceratohyal cartilage
Function: Moves brachial arches and hyoid
Mudpuppy: Geniohyoid
Origin: Medial mandible
Insertion: Second basibranchial cartilage
Function: Depresses lower jaw and draws hyoid cranially
Mudpuppy: Interhyoideus
Origin: Fascia covering the branchiohyoideus
Insertion: Median raphe
Function: Elevates floor of throat
Mudpuppy: Intermandibularis
Origin: Rami of mandible
Insertion: Median raphe
Function: Elevates floor of throat
Mudpuppy: Rectus cervicis
Origin: Rectus abdominis
Insertion: Branchial cartilages
Function: Retracts tongue and lowers head
Mudpuppy: Subarcual
Origin: Gill cartilages
Insertion: Gill cartilages
Function: Depresses gills
Mudpuppy: Transversis ventralis
Origin: Rectus cervicis
Insertion: Last gill cartilage
Function: Depresses gills
Mudpuppy: Coracobrachials
Origin: Coracoid cartilage
Insertion: Humerus
Function: Adducts forelimb
Mudpuppy: Humeroantebrachialis
Origin: Humerus
Insertion: Radius
Function: Flexes forearm
Mudpuppy: Triceps branchii
Origin: Glenoid fossa, humerus, and coracoid cartilage
Insertion: Ulna
Function:Extends forearm
Mudpuppy: Depressor mandibulae
Origin: Third branchial arch
Insertion: Posterior end of mandible
Function: Depresses lower jaw
Mudpuppy: Dilatator laryngis
Origin: Fasica near dorsal midline
Insertion: Lateral cartilages of larynx
Function: Dilates larynx
Mudpuppy: Levator mandibulae anterior
Origin: Frontal and parietal bones
Insertion: Lateral dentary
Function: Elevates lower jaw
Mudpuppy: Levator mandibulae externus
Origin: Frontal and parietal bones
Insertion: Lateral dentary
Function:Elevates lower jaw
Mudpuppy: Levatores arcuum
Origin: Fascia of epibranchial muscles
Insertion: Epibranchial cartilages
Function: Elevates external gills