| Name: | interhyoideus |
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| 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: | structure |
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| Synonyms: | conformation, relational structural quality |
| Definition: | A morphology quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's relative position, shape, arrangements and connectivity of an organism's various parts; the pattern underlying its form. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000141] |