Term: skeletal muscle muscle tendon junction
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Name: skeletal muscle
Synonyms:
Definition: Muscle, composed of long cylindrical, multinucleated cells that attaches to the skeleton via tendons.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005277]
Name: muscle tendon junction
Synonyms: myotendinous junction
Definition: A cell-substrate junction found at the terminal anchorage site of skeletal muscle cells to tendons.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005927]    QuickGO    AmiGO