| resection: lateral rectus |
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| Name: | resection |
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| Definition: | Surgical manipulation in which a particular organ, appendage, or part of an organism is removed. |
| Ontology: | Zebrafish Environment Condition Ontology [ZECO:0000171] |
| Name: | lateral rectus |
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| Synonyms: | lateral recti, posterior rectus |
| Definition: | Extraocular muscle that runs parallel to the long axis of the fish and inserts on the caudal side of the eye at the sclera-corneal . The lateral rectus muscles originate substantially posterior to the other rectus muscles. The lateral rectus is innervated by the abducens nerve. The unsegmented paraxial head mesoderm contributes to the lateral rectus. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000383] |