ventral cervical muscle 26

ID: FBbt_00058826

Adult Muscle

Ventral cervical muscle that connects to a more anterior lateral region of the sternal apodeme than muscle 25 (Miller, 1950; Rivlin et al., 2004. It is spindle-shaped and comprises 3-4 fibers (Rivlin et al., 2004. (Miller, 1950, Rivlin et al., 2004, Gorko et al., 2024)

Based on sternal apodeme attachment between muscles 25 and 27, this seems to correspond to SC-RO in Gorko et al., 2024. Two of these exist per side in Calliphora (Strausfeld et al., 1987 - doi:10.1007/BF00609727).

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Classification

Alternative Names

SynonymScopeReference
SC-RO muscleexact synonymGorko et al., 2024
adult cervical sclerite rotator muscleexact synonymGorko et al., 2024

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