| Term: | superficial lateralis contractile muscle fiber |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | superficial lateralis |
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| Synonyms: | lateral superficial muscle, lateralis superficialis |
| Definition: | Slow twitch muscle derived from the lateral wedge-shaped strip of slow muscle cells originally positioned at the lateral end of the horizontal myoseptum. In the adult it is a thin band of muscle positioned mediolaterally above the epaxial-hypaxial junction, posteriorly the superficial lateralis elaborates into the superficial lateralis dorsalis and superficial lateralis ventralis. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000286] |
| Name: | contractile muscle fiber |
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| Synonyms: | contractile fibre, muscle fiber, muscle fibre |
| Definition: | Fibers, composed of actin, myosin, and associated proteins, found in cells of smooth or striated muscle. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0043292] QuickGO AmiGO |