Medial Rectus Muscle

Preferred Label : Medial Rectus Muscle;

NCIt related terms : MUSCLE, MEDIAL RECTUS;

NCIt definition : One of the extraoculomotor muscles arising from a common tendinous ring in the posterior part of the orbit with insertion on the medial surface of the sclera, which is innervated by the inferior division of CN III, and functions to adduct the eye.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A muscle of the eye, in general extending from the annulus of Zinn to the medial aspect of the anterior portion of the eye at the annulus tendineus; primary function is adduction of the eye.;

Details

Origin ID

C33068;

UMLS CUI

C0582820;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Gracilis Muscle [MeSH Descriptor]
- medial rectus muscle [ICHI extension code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Bilateral medial rectus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Medial rectus [FMA entity]
- Medial rectus muscle [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Medial rectus muscle structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- medial rectus muscle [Radlex concept]
- medial rectus muscle [SNOMED Notion]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- medial rectus extraocular muscle [UBERON concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Medial rectus [FMA entity]
- Medial rectus muscle structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- medial rectus extraocular muscle [UBERON concept]
- medial rectus muscle [Radlex concept]
- medial rectus muscle [SNOMED Notion]
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- Orbit [NCIt concept]
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- CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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