Evolutionary Biology and Comparative Anatomy Lecture: Muscles of 3rd and successive arches

1. Shark
2. Bony Fish
3. Tatrapods

a. muscles reduced; operculum plays important role in respiration
b. muscles further reduced
c. constrictors above and below gill chambers plus levators (inlcuding the cucullaris) that compress and expand the gill pouches

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Muscles of 3rd and successive arches

1. Shark
2. Bony Fish
3. Tatrapods

a. muscles reduced; operculum plays important role in respiration
b. muscles further reduced
c. constrictors above and below gill chambers plus levators (inlcuding the cucullaris) that compress and expand the gill pouches

Stelle Anthonette · Accepted Answer

1. c.
2. a.
3. b.

Evolutionary Biology and Comparative Anatomy Lecture

Muscles of 3rd and successive arches 1. Shark 2. Bony Fish 3. Tatrapods a. muscles reduced; operculum plays important role in respiration b. muscles further reduced c. constrictors above and below gill chambers plus levators (inlcuding the cucullaris) that compress and expand the gill pouches

1. c. 2. a. 3. b.

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