Preferred Name | muscular coat | |
Synonyms |
muscularis propria transverse muscular fibers tunica externa tunica muscularis muscularis muscular coat muscularis externa muscular layer muscularis layer |
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Definitions |
A region of muscle in many organs in the vertebrate body, adjacent to the submucosa membrane. It is responsible for gut movement such as peristalsis. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006660 |
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altLabel |
muscularis propria transverse muscular fibers tunica externa tunica muscularis muscularis muscular coat muscularis externa muscular layer muscularis layer |
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definition |
A region of muscle in many organs in the vertebrate body, adjacent to the submucosa membrane. It is responsible for gut movement such as peristalsis. |
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editor note |
currently this class conflates a generic layer of muscle and a specific layer found lining the digestive tract (the muscularis externa), typically composed of circular and longitudinal layers (although this varies) |
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external_definition |
An outer layer of smooth muscle surrounding a hollow or tubular organ as the bladder, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine, stomach, ureter, uterus, and vagina that often consists of an inner layer of circular fibers serving to narrow the lumen of the organ and an outer layer of longitudinal fibers serving to shorten its length[BTO]. |
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has exact synonym |
muscular layer muscularis layer tunica muscularis |
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has related synonym |
muscularis propria transverse muscular fibers tunica externa tunica muscularis muscularis muscular coat muscularis externa |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0006660 |
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label |
muscular coat |
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notation |
UBERON:0006660 |
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prefLabel |
muscular coat |
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taxon_notes |
typically smooth muscle, but there may be exceptions - in the upper esophagus, part of the externa is skeletal muscle, rather than smooth muscle. |
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xRef |
SCTID:86915006 BTO:0004838 UMLS:C0225358 Wikipedia:Muscular_layer |
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mutually spatially disjoint with | ||
subClassOf |