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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:extensor muscle
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Accession:UBERON:0000311 term browser browse the term
Definition:A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part.
Comment:Any of the muscles that increase the angle between segments of a limb, E.g. straightening the elbow or knee or bending the wrist or spine backward. The movement is usually directed backward, with the notable exception of the knee joint. In humans, certain muscles of the hand and foot are named for this function. In the hand these include the extensor carpi radialis brevis, extensor carpi radialis longus, and extensor carpi ulnaris, which run from the humerus along the back of the forearm to the metacarpal bones at the back of the hand. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/198909/extensor-muscle]
Synonyms:related_synonym: extensor
 xref: BTO:0000151;   FMA:75000



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          skeletal musculature 0
            skeletal muscle organ, vertebrate 0
              extensor muscle 0
                extensor digitorum brevis manus 0
                extensor digitorum brevis pes 0
                extensor digitorum longus 0
                extrinsic extensor muscle of manus + 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                cleaving embryo 0
                  blastula 0
                    presumptive paraxial mesoderm 0
                      paraxial mesoderm 0
                        trunk paraxial mesoderm 0
                          presumptive segmental plate 0
                            presomitic mesoderm 0
                              somite 0
                                dermomyotome 0
                                  myotome 0
                                    trunk and cervical myotome group 0
                                      extensor pre-muscle mass 0
                                        extensor muscle 0
                                          extensor digitorum brevis manus 0
                                          extensor digitorum brevis pes 0
                                          extensor digitorum longus 0
                                          extrinsic extensor muscle of manus + 0
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