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441: 229: 40: 461: 208:, and more especially those from the ribs and their cartilages, are longer, and describe marked curves as they ascend and converge to their insertion. The fibers of the crura diverge as they ascend, the most lateral being directed upward and lateralward to the central tendon. 285: 113:. There is a right crus and a left crus, which together form a tether for muscular contraction. They take their name from their leg-shaped appearance – 257: 174:
The medial tendinous margins of the crura pass anteriorly and medialward, and meet in the middle line to form an arch across the front of the
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at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The abdominal surface of the diaphragm."
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Knowledge (XXG) articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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From this series of origins the fibers of the diaphragm converge to be inserted into the
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arises from the corresponding parts of the upper two lumbar vertebrae only.
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The medial fibers of the right crus ascend on the left side of the
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crus sinistrum diaphragmatis, crus dextrum diaphragmatis
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The crura originate from the front of the bodies and
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Crura of the diaphragm

diaphragm
Latin
Anatomical terminology
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tendinous
diaphragm
vertebral column
crus
intervertebral fibrocartilage
lumbar vertebrae
anterior longitudinal ligament
vertebral column
intervertebral fibrocartilages
lumbar vertebrae
aorta
median arcuate ligament
aortic hiatus
central tendon
xiphoid process
aponeurotic
lateral lumbocostal arches
esophageal hiatus
vena caval foramen
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Gray's Anatomy
Anatomy figure: 40:04-16
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