| Term: | adductor mandibulae sarcomere organization |
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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: | adductor mandibulae |
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| 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: | sarcomere organization |
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| Synonyms: | sarcomere alignment, sarcomere organisation |
| Definition: | The myofibril assembly process that results in the organization of muscle actomyosin into sarcomeres. The sarcomere is the repeating unit of a myofibril in a muscle cell, composed of an array of overlapping thick and thin filaments between two adjacent Z discs. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0045214] QuickGO AmiGO |