flight control muscle

ID: FBbt_00052767

Adult Muscle

Flight muscle involved in fine control of flight movement (Dickinson and Tu, 1997. There are 18 of these muscles on each side, including all direct flight muscles and a small number of indirect flight muscles (Dickinson and Tu, 1997. They contract synchronously with motor neuron impulses (Dickinson and Tu, 1997. (Dickinson and Tu, 1997)

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Alternative Names

SynonymScopeReference
synchronous flight muscleexact synonymDickinson and Tu, 1997

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