| Term: | adductor hyohyoid 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: | adductor hyohyoid |
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| Synonyms: | adductors hyohyoid, hyohyoidei adductores |
| Definition: | Hyoid muscle that originates at the opercle and subopercle and inserts into the branchiostegal rays. The adductor hyohyoid is responsible for constriction of the branchiostegal membrane. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000715] |
| 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 |