Phenotype: | sternohyoid tendon morphology, abnormal |
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Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
Name: | sternohyoid |
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Synonyms: | hypobranchial muscle, sternohyoideus, sternohyoids |
Definition: | Head muscle that originates on the anterior region of the cleithrum and inserts on the urohyal. The hypobranchial forms initially as left and right parts that later fuse together forming a cone shape. The muscle is innervated by the occipitospinals and mainly composed of fast twitch muscle fibers. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001651] |
Name: | tendon |
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Definition: | Dense regular connective tissue that connects muscle to bone. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005647] |
Name: | morphology |
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Definition: | A quality of a single physical entity inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer's size or shape or structure. |
Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000051] |