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The Diaphragm

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*The diaphragm is mesodermal in origin.

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Kronfli, R. (2019). The Diaphragm. In: Carachi, R., Doss, S. (eds) Clinical Embryology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26158-4_31

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