A Guide for the Dissection of the Dogfish (Squalus Acanthias)Griffin, Lawrence Edmonds
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A Guide for the Dissection of the Dogfish (Squalus Acanthias)
Griffin, Lawrence Edmonds
Dogfish; Fishes -- Anatomy
Eugaleus. The dorsal portion of the _constrictor superficialis 2_
reaches above the spiracle to the postorbital process. Reflecting it,
the _adductor hyomandibulae_ is seen behind the spiracle, arising from
the upper part of the side of the auditory capsule and inserted on the
end of the hyomandibular cartilage. The _levator palpebrae inferioris_
arises under the origin of the levator hyomandibulae, and passes forward
and downward between the spiracle and postorbital process, to insert in
the posterior end of the lower eyelid. The _depressor palpebrae
superioris_ arises from the fascia dorsal to the spiracle, passes mediad
to the levator palpebrae inferioris, upward and forward, to insert in
the posterior end of the upper eyelid. Remove these muscles. The
infra-orbital canal passes mediad to the muscles of the eyelids. The
_levator maxillae superioris_ lies between the spiracle and the orbit.
Behind it is a small slip of muscle extending from the anterior wall of
the spiracle to the lateral surface of the auditory capsule which seems
to represent the _constrictor superficialis dorsalis 1_.
A thin sheet of muscle covers the anterior face of each inter-branchial
septum. At the surface these pass into the constrictor superficialis,
and are evidently portions of the latter muscle, though they are named
the _musculi interbranchiales_.
Above the constrictor superficialis, lying on the side of the neck
between it and the dorsal musculature, is a broad _trapezius_ muscle. It
arises from the fascia covering the lateral surface of the dorsal
musculature. Its fibres pass obliquely downward and backward, mediad to
the posterior gill pouches, to insert upon the anterior edge of the
scapular portion of the pectoral girdle. The anterior portion of the
trapezius is also inserted upon the epibranchial of the fifth gill arch.
Just in front of the mouth is a pair of strong muscles (_levator
labialis superioris_), each arising from the ventral surface of the
cranium close to the median line. They pass into strong tendons which
are inserted among the fibres of the ventral portion of the adductor
mandibulae. The muscle mass in front of the mouth and the lower part of
the adductor mandibularis thus form the two bellies of a digastric
muscle, with the tendon between them.
[2]Remove the ventral portions of the first and second superficial
constrictors and clear the mass of muscles lying between the coracoid
portion of the pectoral girdle and the mandible. Immediately in front of
the girdle are two large muscles, the _coraco-arcuales communes_, whose
fibres run inward and forward. These muscles cover the ventral surface
of the pericardium, to the wall of which their median fibres are
attached, while the lateral fibres are attached around the ventral ends
of the gill arches.
Footnote 2:
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