abductor muscle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006845
A muscle that moves a body part away from the sagittal plane/midline of the body[ZFA]. For example, the abductor muscles of the legs spread the legs away from the midline and away from one another. An abductor muscle opposes an adductor muscle[BTO]. [ ZFA:0005269 ]
Term info
- FMA:74997
- BTO:0004642
- TAO:0002135
- ZFA:0005269
grouping_class
A muscle that moves a body part away from the sagittal plane of the body.[TAO]
relationship loss: subclass cranial muscle (TAO:0001953)[TAO]
in FMA the Adbuctor muscle is a subclass of Relation. It's unclear what this actually means, we leave it here as a grouping for now
uberon
UBERON:0006845
Abductor muscle