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intercostal muscle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001111


The respiratory muscles that arise from the lower border of one rib and insert into the upper border of the adjoining rib. [ MESH:A02.633.567.900.500 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith MP:0002280 ]

Synonyms: musculus intercostalis

Term info

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Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000003

Inspiration by active expansion of the thorax evolved later, in the ancestor of reptiles, birds, and mammals. This was powered originally by the intercostal muscles (as in lizards or crocodilians) and later (in mammals only) by a muscular diaphragm.[well established][VHOG]

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has related synonym

rib muscle, respiratory muscle, intercostales

id

UBERON:0001111

prefLabel

Intercostal muscle, intercostal muscle