flight control muscle 2024-01-03T14:35:48Z FBbt:00052767 synchronous flight muscle Flight muscle involved in fine control of flight movement (Dickinson and Tu, 1997). There are 18 of these muscles on each side, including all direct flight muscles and a small number of indirect flight muscles (Dickinson and Tu, 1997). They contract synchronously with motor neuron impulses (Dickinson and Tu, 1997). fly_anatomy.ontology flight muscle synchronous muscle