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has_muscle_insertion

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m has_muscle_insertion s iff m is attaches_to s, and it is the case that when m contracts, s moves. Insertions are usually connections of muscle via tendon to bone.

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The insertion is the point of attachment of a muscle that moves the most when the muscle shortens, or the most distal end of limb muscles

definition source

Wikipedia:Insertion_(anatomy)

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has_muscle_insertion

see also

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/dbpprop_insertion,http://dbpedia.org/property/insertion

shorthand

has_muscle_insertion

term editor

Chris Mungall

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