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central tendon of diaphragm

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the three-lobed cloverleaf-shaped aponeurosis situated at the center of the diaphragm; the central tendon is fused with the fibrous pericardium that provides attachment for the muscle fibers [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]

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central tendon of diaphragm

Synonyms
  • central tendon
  • centrum tendineum
  • centrum tendineum diaphragmatis
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pheno_slim

latin term
centrum tendineum diaphragmatis [ FMA : TA FMA : 58279 ]

homology notes

In mammals, the diaphragm muscle divides the thoracoabdominal cavity into thorax and abdomen. In most mammals, the diaphragm is a flat sheet with muscle fibers radiating outward from a central tendon, and the diaphragm's apposition to the cranial surface of the liver gives it a dome-shape. Muscle fiber contraction reduces the curvature of the dome, thereby expanding the thoracic cavity and aspirating air into the lungs.[well established][VHOG]

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UBERON:0006670