Scalene Muscle

Preferred Label : Scalene Muscle;

NCIt definition : Any one of three pairs of vertebral muscles (anterior, middle, and posterior scalenes), which attach to the transverse process of the five lower cervical vertebrae and the first two ribs, and which function to elevate the ribs during breathing and to laterally flex the neck.;

Details

Origin ID

C33517;

UMLS CUI

C0448350;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Structure of scalene muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- scalene muscle [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Scalene muscle [FMA entity]
- Scalene muscle (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- scalene muscle [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Scalene muscle [FMA entity]
- Scalene muscle (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- scalene muscle [Radlex concept]
- scalene muscle [UBERON concept]

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