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Jaw and Tongue Muscles in the Australian Lungfish, <i>Neoceratodus forsteri </i> (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi)

by Anne Kemp
Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page # 15-21, 2024; DOI: 10.55708/js0302003
Abstract: The Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, has several muscles associated with feeding. The massive adductor mandibularis muscle of N. forsteri, which closes the jaws, originates on the chondrocranium and inserts on the posterior aspect of Meckel’s cartilage in the mandible. The depressor mandibulae muscle, which opens the jaws, inserts on the medial articulation of the prearticular… Read More

(This article belongs to the Section Agriculture Dairy and Animal Science (ADA))

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