Term: interhyoideus sarcomere
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Name: interhyoideus
Synonyms: interhyal, ventral interhyoidei, ventral interhyoideus
Definition: Is a ventral paired hyoid muscle that has attachment sites on the basihyal and the posterior end of the ceratohyals and functions in jaw opening.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0007051]
Name: sarcomere
Synonyms:
Definition: The repeating unit of a myofibril in a muscle cell, composed of an array of overlapping thick and thin filaments between two adjacent Z discs.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0030017]    QuickGO    AmiGO