[3] Cranial Musculature

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RANDY RUEL

Cards (5)

  • Cranial musculature is derived from the paraxial mesoderm
  • Embryonic origins:
    1. Branchiomeric - cranial paraxial mesoderm
    2. Hypobranchial - trunk paraxial mesoderm
  • Branchiomeric Musculature:
    1. Extrinsic eye muscles
    2. Mandibular Arch
    3. Hyoid Arch
    4. Branchial Arches
  • Mandibular Arch
    1. Adductor mandibulae
    2. Preoribatlis
    3. Masseter and temporalis (Mammals)
  • Hyoid Arch
    1. Interhyoideus
    2. Constrictor colli (tetrapods) - Platysma
    3. Levator hyomandibular
    4. Depressor mandibulae