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 latissimi dorsi musculus latissimus dorsi
Term information
- UMLS:C0224362 (ncithesaurus:Musculus_Latissimus_Dorsi)
- NCIT:C33150
- EFO:0003067
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181747008
- EMAPA:18178
- MA:0002331
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0224362
- FMA:13357
- EHDAA2:0000932
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latissimus_dorsi_muscle
- EHDAA:8307
- VHOG:0000930
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
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]
Term relations
- scapular muscle
- muscle of shoulder
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops_from some latissimus dorsi pre-muscle mass
- has_muscle_antagonist some deltoid
- has_muscle_origin some inferior angle of scapula
- has_muscle_insertion some humerus
- has_muscle_origin some scapula
- has_muscle_antagonist some trapezius muscle
- part of some pectoral girdle and thoracic body wall skeletal muscle