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infraspinatus muscle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001477

The infraspinatus muscle is a thick triangular muscle, which occupies the chief part of the infraspinatous fossa. The infraspinatus is a muscle of the rotator cuff. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infraspinatus_muscle ]

Synonyms: infraspinatus

Term info

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Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000008

The pectoral muscles - the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor - evolved from a primitive muscle sheet that connected the coracoid to the humerus. In late reptilians and early mammals, this muscle structure was displaced dorsally; while most of its components evolved into the pectoralis major, some fibers eventually attached to the scapula and evolved into the supraspinatus, the infraspinatus, and parts of the subscapularis.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Arm_muscles_back_numbers.png

has related synonym

musculus infraspinatus, infrascapularis

id

UBERON:0001477

prefLabel

Infraspinatus muscle