Cricothyroid Muscle

Preferred Label : Cricothyroid Muscle;

NCIt definition : A muscle originating from the cricoid arch on the anterior surface in which the posterior section runs outward to the thyroid's inferior horn and the anterior section runs upward to the thyroid's ala. The cricothyroid muscle is innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve's external branch and acts to tense the vocal cords thus altering voice pitch.;

Details

Origin ID

C32404;

UMLS CUI

C0224178;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Larynx [NCIt concept]
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cricothyroid muscle [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Entire cricothyroid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cricothyroid muscle [UBERON concept]
- cricothyroid muscle [ICHI extension code]
- cricothyroid muscle [Radlex concept]
- laryngeal muscles [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Cricothyroid muscle [FMA entity]
- Structure of cricothyroid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cricothyroid muscle [SNOMED Notion]
- cricothyroid muscles [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cricothyroid muscle [FMA entity]
- Structure of cricothyroid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cricothyroid muscle [UBERON concept]
- cricothyroid muscle [SNOMED Notion]
- cricothyroid muscles [MeSH concept]

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