A skeletal muscle organ that is part of the trunk region. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: trunk musculature muscle of trunk trunk muscle muscle organ of torso muscle organ of trunk trunk muscle organ body musculature torso muscle organ
Term information
- ZFA:0000473
- XAO:0003230
- MA:0000514
- FMA:58274
- TAO:0000473
- AAO:0000611
- EMAPA:35888
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
Note that this class excludes smooth muscle elements in the trunk region, such as the internal anal sphincter. This appears to be consistent with other ontologies such as FMA and ZFA which appear to only include skeletal muscles here. In fact the MA class 'trunk muscle' is classified as a 'set of skeletal muscles'.
Many ontologies do not appear to have a coherent distinction between an individual muscle and the musculature (i.e. the set of muscles in a region), so we group all together here.