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central tendon of diaphragm (trefoil tendon)
A three-lobed fibrous sheet comprising the center of the diaphragm. The caval foramen, through which the terminal part of the inferior vena cava passes to enter the heart, perforates this tendon.
Function:
-> provides attachment (insertion) for the moving end of the muscle fibers
Related
abdomen
General
tendon
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore &
AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,
PA 1999.
Component-of
diaphragm muscle
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