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. 2020 Dec 22;8:615264. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.615264

TABLE 1.

Avian and mouse facial and neck muscle.

Muscles References
Avian First arch Adductor mandibulae externus Adductor mandibulae caudalis Pseudotemporalis profundus Pseudotemporalis superficialis Pterygoideus Protractor of quadrate Intermandibularis (dorsal and ventral) McClearn and Noden, 1988
Second arch Depressor mandibulae Muscle of the columella (stapedial) Constrictor colli Mylohyoideus caudalis Serpihyoideus Stylohyoideus Interceratobranchialis McClearn and Noden, 1988
Neck Cucullaris muscle (cucullaris capitis and cucullaris cervicis) Theis et al., 2010
First arch Temporalis and Masseter Lescroart et al., 2010
Mouse Second arch Auricularis Buccinator Frontalis, Occipitalis Orbicularis oculi Quadratus labii and Zygomaticus Lescroart et al., 2010
Neck (non-somitic) Acromio-trapezius Spino-trapezius Sternocleidomastoideus Heude et al., 2018
Neck (somitic) Epaxial neck muscles (Levator scapulae, Semispinalis, Splenius, suboccipital, postvertebral muscles and rhomboid occipitalis) Hypaxial neck muscles (infrahyoid muscles, longus capitis and longus colli) Heude et al., 2018