Cell Culture Ontology

Last uploaded: July 23, 2014
Preferred Name

Synonyms

musculus plantaris

plantaris

Definitions

Plantaris is a vestigial structure and one of the superficial muscles of the posterior crural compartment of the leg. It is innervated by the tibial nerve (S1, S2) . It is composed of a thin muscle belly and a long thin tendon. It is approximately 2-4 inches long, and is absent in 7 - 10% of the human population. It is one of the plantar flexors in the superior compartment of the leg along with the gastrocnemius, and soleus. The plantaris is considered an unimportant muscle, it mainly acts with gastrocnemius[WP].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0011905

database_cross_reference

EMAPA:36254

Wikipedia:Plantaris_muscle

EFO:0001979

BTO:0006312

FMA:22543

definition

Plantaris is a vestigial structure and one of the superficial muscles of the posterior crural compartment of the leg. It is innervated by the tibial nerve (S1, S2) . It is composed of a thin muscle belly and a long thin tendon. It is approximately 2-4 inches long, and is absent in 7 - 10% of the human population. It is one of the plantar flexors in the superior compartment of the leg along with the gastrocnemius, and soleus. The plantaris is considered an unimportant muscle, it mainly acts with gastrocnemius[WP].

editor note

todo - coordinate with phenoscape-ext on representation of amphibian plantaris longus and profundus

has_exact_synonym

musculus plantaris

plantaris

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0011905

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim

label

plantaris

notation

UBERON:0011905

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000978

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000978

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003663

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