| Name: | hyoid muscle |
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| Synonyms: | hyoid muscles |
| Definition: | Muscles that insert into skeletal elements of pharyngeal arch 2 (hyoid arch). Dorsal hyoid muscles are innervated by small, posterior branches of the facial nerve VII. Ventral hyoid muscles are innervated by the hyoides ramus of VII. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000521] |
| Name: | myoblast |
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| Synonyms: | myoblasts |
| Definition: | An embryonic (precursor) cell of the myogenic lineage that develops from the mesoderm. They undergo proliferation, migrate to their various sites, and then differentiate into the appropriate form of myocytes. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009025] |