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on top of fin
function: abducts fin |
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underneath fin
function: adducts fin |
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| epaxial and hypaxial muscles |
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epaxial muscles: located above lateral line
hypaxial muscles: located below lateral line
function: lateral movement of trunk for swimming |
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| dorsal and ventral superficial constrictors |
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dorsal: top half of interbranchial septum
ventral: bottom half of interbranchial septum
function: compresses gill pouches |
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large, round muscles behind mouth
function: closes mouth |
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located anterior to spiracle
function: closes spiracular valve |
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muscle running under jaw, extending in a triangle down to the middle of the coracoid bar
function: raises the floor of the mouth |
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posterior to the spiracle
function: compresses gill pouches |
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anterior to the spiracle
function: elevates upper jaw (palatoquadrate) |
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lies dorsal to constrictor, is in front of lateral longitudinal bundle; runs from head to pectoral fins
function: elevates gill arches and pectoral girdle |
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triangular muscle that lies anterior to the coracoid bar, and medially between the ventral superficial constrictor muscles
function: opens mouth |
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elongated muscle that lies lateral to the coracomandibular, it barely peeks out between that and the ventral superficial branchial constrictor
function: opens mouth |
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long, midventral skinny muscle that extends from lower jaw down to coracoid bar
function: opens mouth |
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dorsal rectus
ventral rectus
lateral rectus
medial rectus
dorsal oblique
ventral oblique |
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| connective tissue that holds together myomeres of axial muscle |
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chamber into which urinary, reproductive, and digestive tracts exit
divided by the urinary papilla (F) or the urogenital papilla (M) |
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| nervous, muscular, connective, and blood vascular tissue supported by gill arches |
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pores on head and nose that contain a gel-like substance
they detect sensory (electrical) signals |
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| being darker on top, lighter on bottom |
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| lateral line/horizontal skeletogenous septum |
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| line running from head to tail on sides, with a lateral canal underneath (contains sensory nerve endings, opens to surface via tiny pores) |
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| slits laterally located by the ends of the mouth |
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| top and bottom of tail are shaped differently |
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