| Name: | ventral oblique extraocular muscle |
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| Synonyms: | inferior oblique muscle, ventral oblique extraocular muscles |
| 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. All the oblique extraocular muscles originate together from the anterior ethmoid plate. The ventral oblique is innervated by the oculomotor nerve. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000861] |
| 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 |