FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term direct flight muscle ID (Ontology) FBbt:00058900 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Relatively small muscle that inserts directly on a sclerite of the wing hinge to allow for the fine control of wing positioning for behaviors such as flight, grooming or courtship (Dickinson and Tu, 1997). There are thirteen of these muscles on each side (Dickinson and Tu, 1997). It is derived from a direct flight muscle precursor cell of the wing disc (Kozopas and Nusse, 2002).[ FlyBase:FBrf0007735 FlyBase:FBrf0064793 FlyBase:FBrf0098527 FlyBase:FBrf0144806 ]
Also Known As"direct flight control muscle" ; "direct wing muscle" ; "flight steering muscle"
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS

Choose a record type to view annotations for this term and its child terms. Direct annotations and full annotation statements below also provide HitList buttons.

    • Results list data from multiple species. Choose a record type above to open its HitList.
Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)
Data ClassFieldDirect annotations
Alleles (FBal)PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Constructs (FBtp)PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
 Full annotation statements 
Relevant FlyBase reports
 Alleles Constructs
 direct flight muscle (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship:
Vocabulary search 
flight muscle_______
synchronous muscle__|
                    flight control muscle
                     |__direct flight muscle  45 rec.
                         |__axillary muscle 14 rec.
                         |   |__muscle cell of axillary muscle(+) 14 rec.
                         |   |__wing axillary muscle hg1(+) 1 rec.
                         |   |__wing axillary muscle hg2(+)
                         |   |__wing axillary muscle hg3(+)
                         |   |__wing axillary muscle hg4(+)
                         |   |__wing axillary muscle I1(+) 7 rec.
                         |   |__wing axillary muscle I2(+) 1 rec.
                         |   |__wing axillary muscle III1(+) 10 rec.
                         |   |__wing posterior axillary muscle III(+) 1 rec.
                         |__basalar muscle 13 rec.
                         |   |__muscle cell of basalar muscle(+) 13 rec.
                         |   |__wing basalar muscle b1(+) 5 rec.
                         |   |__wing basalar muscle b2(+) 9 rec.
                         |   |__wing basalar muscle b3(+) 4 rec.
                         |__direct flight muscle cell 39 rec.
                         |   |__muscle cell of axillary muscle(+) 14 rec.
                         |   |__muscle cell of basalar muscle(+) 13 rec.
                         |   |__muscle cell of subalar muscle 57 1 rec.
                         |__subalar muscle 57 1 rec.
                             |__muscle cell of subalar muscle 57 1 rec.
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a flight control muscle
Part of
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts