Term: medial rectus muscle tendon junction
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Name: medial rectus
Synonyms: medial recti
Definition: Extraocular muscle that runs parallel to the long axis of the fish and inserts on the anterior side of the eye at the sclera-corneal (SC) junction. The medial rectus lies in the same anatomical plane as the lateral rectus. The medial rectus is innervated by the oculomotor nerve.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000301]
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