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Show 542 MESSRS. BEDDARD AND MITCHELL ON THE [June 19, thyrohyal under the geniohyoid, extending nearly to its tip. It ends in a long tendon inserted at the side of the os entoglossum. Ceratohyoid.-This is a broad fleshy muscle arising from the inner side of basal joint of thyrohyal; the fibres run inwards and forwards, meeting those of the other side, and are inserted into the base of urohyal. Hypoglosscds.-These muscles cannot be separated from part 1. of ceratoglossus. Sternohyoid.-This system is represented by a band of muscle which arises from the basihyal and entoglossus. It spreads out over thyroid cartilage and trachea. Caudcd Muscles. Levator coccygis.-One pair of these muscles, two and half inches long, very fleshy. It arises from the os ileum and from the lateral Fig. 3. Caudal muscles of Palamedea. faces of the spinous processes and from lateral processes of anterior to posterior caudal vertebras. It is inserted on to m e m brane covering rectrices, meeting its fellow in the median line. |