Vastus Medialis Muscle

Preferred Label : Vastus Medialis Muscle;

NCIt related terms : MUSCLE, VASTUS MEDIALIS;

NCIt definition : The portion of the quadriceps femoris muscle group that extends medially from the intertrochanteric line of the femur to the medial aspects of the quadriceps femoris tendon and patella.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A muscle in the quadriceps femoris muscle group medial to the vastus intermedius; primary function is the extension of the femorotibial joint.;

Details

Origin ID

C117736;

UMLS CUI

C0224445;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Rectus femoris [FMA entity]
- Structure of vastus medialis muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vastus intermedius [FMA entity]
- Vastus lateralis [FMA entity]
- Vastus medialis muscle [ICD-11 Extension code]
- quadriceps muscle [MeSH Descriptor]
- vastus medialis muscle [Radlex concept]
- vastus medialis muscle [SNOMED Notion]
- vastus medialis muscle [ICHI extension code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Vastus medialis [FMA entity]
- vastus medialis [UBERON concept]
- vastus medialis [MeSH concept]
- vastus medialis [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of vastus medialis muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vastus medialis [FMA entity]
- vastus medialis [MeSH concept]
- vastus medialis [Radlex concept]
- vastus medialis [UBERON concept]
- vastus medialis muscle [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]

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