NMDC Ontology

Last uploaded: March 15, 2024
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002376
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002376
Preferred Name

cranial muscle

Definitions
Any skeletal muscle that is part of the head region. defined generically so could in theory encompass FBbt:00003260 'skeletal muscle of head', or the muscle of a starfish Aristotle's lantern, but we restrict this to craniates. Skeletal muscles of the head originate from the non-segmented head mesoderm (Noden, 1983; Wachtler et al., 1984)
Synonyms
adult head muscle organ
head muscles
cranial muscle
cephalic muscle
musculus caput
muscle organ of head
head muscle organ
head muscle
muscle organ of adult head
cephalic musculature
muscle of head
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