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transverse muscle of tongue

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008583

A muscle of the tongue that consists of fibers which arise from the median fibrous septum and pass lateralward to be inserted into the submucous fibrous tissue at the sides of the tongue. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_muscle_of_tongue ]

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transverse muscle of tongue

Synonyms

intrinsic tongue muscle transverse component
transverse lingual muscle

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latin term

musculus transversus linguae [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_muscle_of_tongue ]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Musculustransversuslinguae.png

has obo namespace

uberon

has related synonym

transversus muscle, transversus linguae, transverse muscle, transversus linguæ, musculus transversus linguae

UBERON:0008583

Term relations

Subclass of:

intrinsic muscle of tongue
has_muscle_origin some lingual septum
has_muscle_insertion some tongue