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latissimus dorsi muscle
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The latissimus dorsi is the larger, flat, dorso-lateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latissimus_dorsi_muscle ]
Term info
Label
latissimus dorsi muscle
Synonyms
- dorsal latissimus muscle
- latissimi dorsi
- latissimus dorsi
- musculus latissimus dorsi
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
comment
Dorsal group[Kardong]
depicted by
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Latissimus_dorsi.png
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
musculus latissimus dorsi
id
UBERON:0001112
taxon notes
In humans it inserts along a roughened line deep in the groove. In other mammals (most, I believe) it is an actual projection, the latissimus dorsi process [FEED:rd] [https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1192]
Term relations
Subclass of:
- scapular muscle
- muscle of shoulder
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops_from some latissimus dorsi pre-muscle mass
- has_muscle_antagonist some deltoid
- has_muscle_origin some inferior angle of scapula
- has_muscle_insertion some humerus
- has_muscle_origin some scapula
- part of some pectoral girdle and thoracic body wall skeletal muscle
- has_muscle_antagonist some trapezius muscle