Preferred Label : levator operculi;
Uberon 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.;
Uberon synonym : levator operculi muscle; levator operculae;
Uberon Homology note : The depressor mandibulae of tetrapods, which opens the jaws, is the homologue of the
levator operculi and epihyoidean. In mammals, the depressor mandibulae evolves into
the stapedius (...).[well established][VHOG];
Origin ID : 0011649;
develops from
- has muscle insertion
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.
