Plantaris Muscle

Preferred Label : Plantaris Muscle;

NCIt related terms : MUSCLE, PLANTARIS;

NCIt definition : A small muscle that courses along the posterior aspect of the leg as part of the posterosuperficial compartment of the calf. This muscle originates from the lateral supracondylar line of the femur superior and medial to the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle as well as from the oblique popliteal ligament in the posterior aspect of the knee.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A superficial muscle in primates between the soleus and the gastrocnemius; primary function is flexion of the tarsus and femorotibial joint.;

Details

Origin ID

C117979;

UMLS CUI

C0242693;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Gastrocnemius [FMA entity]
- Soleus [FMA entity]
- Tibialis anterior [FMA entity]
- plantaris muscle [ICHI extension code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Plantaris [FMA entity]
- Plantaris muscle [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Plantaris muscle structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Skeletal muscle tissue [FMA entity]
- muscle, skeletal [MeSH Descriptor]
- plantaris [UBERON concept]
- plantaris muscle [SNOMED Notion]
- plantaris muscle [Radlex concept]
- plantaris muscle [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Plantaris [FMA entity]
- Plantaris muscle structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- plantaris muscle [SNOMED Notion]
- plantaris muscle [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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