| Term: | adductor mandibulae regulation of myofibril size |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | adductor mandibulae |
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| Synonyms: | dorsal adductor mandibulae |
| Definition: | Is a mandibular muscle that forms along the palatoquadrates and inserts on Meckel's cartilages and functions in jaw closing. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0007049] |
| Name: | regulation of myofibril size |
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| Synonyms: | change of myofibril size |
| Definition: | Any process that modulates the size of myofibrils. A myofibril is the contractile element of skeletal and cardiac muscle. It is a long, highly organized bundle of actin, myosin, and other proteins that contracts by a sliding filament mechanism. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0014881] QuickGO AmiGO |