THE SESAMOID ARTICULAR II 



tendon. The lower part is longer and inward from the first. It runs 

 back to just in front of where the interhyal joins the face bones. 



Leiognathus fasciatus. 



This form is unique in having two equally stout tendons to the sesa- 

 moid articular. A large muscle (A-i of Vetter) springs from the pre- 

 opercle and covers the cheek. Its fibers converge to a point anteriorly 

 from which a stout tendon runs upward and forward to the maxillary, 

 and another downward and backward to the posterior end of the sesa- 

 moid articular. A long muscle (A-3 of Vetter) springing from under 

 the levator arcus palatini gives rise to a second tendon, which, crossing 

 the first tendon, reaches the sesamoid articular near its middle. 



