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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:abnormal buccinator muscle morphology
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Accession:MP:0030151 term browser browse the term
Definition:any structural anomaly of the thin quadrilateral muscle occupying the interval between the maxilla and the mandible at the side of the face that forms the anterior part of the cheek or the lateral wall of the oral cavity; it compresses the cheeks against the teeth and is used in acts such as blowing; it is an assistant muscle of mastication and in neonates it is used to suckle
Synonyms:xref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccinator_muscle



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  mammalian phenotype 5373
    muscle phenotype 190
      abnormal muscle morphology 93
        abnormal skeletal muscle morphology 24
          abnormal facial muscle morphology 0
            abnormal buccinator muscle morphology 0
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  mammalian phenotype 5373
    craniofacial phenotype 47
      abnormal craniofacial morphology 47
        abnormal facial morphology 30
          abnormal midface morphology 0
            abnormal cheek morphology 0
              abnormal buccinator muscle morphology 0
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