Term: adductor mandibulae regulation of myofibril size
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Name: adductor mandibulae
Synonyms: dorsal adductor mandibulae
Definition: Is a mandibular muscle that forms along the palatoquadrates and inserts on Meckel's cartilages and functions in jaw closing.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0007049]
Name: regulation of myofibril size
Synonyms: change of myofibril size
Definition: Any process that modulates the size of myofibrils. A myofibril is the contractile element of skeletal and cardiac muscle. It is a long, highly organized bundle of actin, myosin, and other proteins that contracts by a sliding filament mechanism.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0014881]    QuickGO    AmiGO