Tensor Tympani Muscle

Preferred Label : Tensor Tympani Muscle;

NCIt synonyms : Tensor Tympani;

NCIt definition : A small, thin muscle of the tympanum located in the middle ear that arises from the pharyngotympanic tube and attaches to the handle of the malleus; it helps to dampen sound vibrations by tensing the tympanic membrane.;

Details

Origin ID

C33748;

UMLS CUI

C0039529;

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

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