The three-lobed cloverleaf-shaped aponeurosis situated at the center of the diaphragm; the central tendon is fused with the fibrous pericardium that provides attachment for the muscle fibers. [ MP:0012061 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]
Synonyms: centrum tendineum central tendon
Term information
- EMAPA:17702
- SCTID:244943002
- NCIT:C34119
- FMA:58279
- Wikipedia:Central_tendon_of_diaphragm
- VHOG:0001399
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