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skeletal musculature of head

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Any collection of skeletal muscles that is part of a head [Automatically generated definition]. [ ]

Term info

Label

skeletal musculature of head

Synonyms
  • head musculature
  • muscle group of head
  • muscles of head
  • musculi capitis
  • set of muscles of head
database cross reference
Subsets

non_informative

latin term
musculi capitis [ FMA : TA FMA : 71287 ]

comment

This class is restricted to skeletal muscles that attach to the cranial skeleton. This seems to be consistent with FMA and EMAPA usage. Note that by definition this excludes invertebrate head musculature. It corresponds to the individual muscle organ term UBERON:0002376

id

UBERON:0004461

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/mouse-anatomy-ontology/issues/4, https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1405