The Achilles tendon is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (heel) bone. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_tendon ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- FMA:51061
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_tendon
- MA:0002993
- MESH:D000125
- EMAPA:35853
- GAID:277
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0001074
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181705009
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjNX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- UMLS:C0001074 (ncithesaurus:Achilles_Tendon)
- NCIT:C32043
Subsets
pheno_slim
definition
- The Achilles tendon is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (heel) bone.
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Achilles-tendon.jpg
external ontology notes
- in FMA this is a ligament, and part of the muscle
function notes
- bipedalism, running
has exact synonym
- Achille's tendon
- calcaneal tendon
- tendo calcaneus
- tendo Achillis
- Achilles' tendon
- Achilles tendon
has obo namespace
- uberon
id
- UBERON:0003701
taxon notes
- reduced in non-human primates