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compressor glandulae muscle
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- UBERON:0013114
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- Definition
- A prominent compressor muscle found in poisonous snakes that originates in the lower jaw, sweeps around the venom gland, and inserted on the gland's surface. The muscles acts to squeeze the gland and release venom.
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