| Term: | ventral rectus muscle tendon junction |
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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: | ventral rectus |
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| Synonyms: | inferior rectus, ventral recti |
| Definition: | Extraocular muscle that inserts at the scleral-corneal junction on the ventral side of the eye. The insertion point of the ventral oblique and the ventral rectus overlap in adult fish. The ventral rectus is innervated by the oculomotor nerve. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000457] |
| Name: | muscle tendon junction |
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| 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 |