Term: adductor mandibulae muscle tendon junction
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Name: adductor mandibulae
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: 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