Vastus Lateralis

Preferred Label : Vastus Lateralis;

NCIt related terms : MUSCLE, VASTUS LATERALIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

NCIt definition : The largest muscle in the quadriceps femoris that is responsible for extending and stabilizing the knee.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A muscle in the quadriceps femoris muscle group lateral to the vastus intermedius; primary function is the extension of the femorotibial joint.;

Details

Origin ID

C53073;

UMLS CUI

C0224444;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Quadriceps femoris [FMA entity]
- Rectus femoris [FMA entity]
- Vastus intermedius [FMA entity]
- Vastus medialis [FMA entity]
- quadriceps muscle [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Structure of vastus lateralis muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vastus lateralis [FMA entity]
- Vastus lateralis muscle [ICD-11 Extension code]
- vastus lateralis [Radlex concept]
- vastus lateralis [UBERON concept]
- vastus lateralis [MeSH concept]
- vastus lateralis muscle [Radlex concept]
- vastus lateralis muscle [SNOMED Notion]
- vastus lateralis muscle [ICHI extension code]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Entire vastus lateralis muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of vastus lateralis muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vastus lateralis [FMA entity]
- vastus lateralis [UBERON concept]
- vastus lateralis [MeSH concept]
- vastus lateralis muscle [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]

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