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latissimus dorsi muscle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001112


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 ]

Synonyms: latissimus dorsi, dorsal latissimus muscle, musculus latissimus dorsi, latissimi dorsi

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Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

plural term
latissimi dorsi

UBPROP 0000008

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]

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Dorsal group[Kardong]

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Latissimus_dorsi.png

has related synonym

musculus latissimus dorsi

id

UBERON:0001112

prefLabel

Latissimus dorsi