biceps femoris

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001374

The biceps femoris is a muscle of the posterior (the back) thigh. As its name implies, it has two parts, one of which (the long head) forms part of the hamstrings muscle group. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biceps_femoris_muscle ]

Synonyms: biceps femoris muscle

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SCTID:181672002
galen:BicepsFemoris
FMA:22356
EMAPA:35170
Wikipedia:Biceps_femoris_muscle
MA:0002270
BTO:0003418
EFO:0001418
UMLS:C0224449 (ncithesaurus:Biceps_Femoris)
NCIT:C53147

Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Biceps_femoris_muscle_long_head.PNG

has related synonym

musculus biceps femoris

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0001374

prefLabel

Biceps femoris

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Subclass of:

muscle of posterior compartment of hindlimb stylopod
has muscle insertion some proximal epiphysis of fibula
innervated_by some tibial nerve
has muscle origin some femur
has muscle insertion some condyle of tibia