Preferred Label : muscle of neck;
Definition : The neck muscles consist of the platysma, splenius cervicis, sternocleidomastoid(eus),
longus colli, the anterior, medius, and posterior scalenes, digastric(us), stylohyoid(eus),
mylohyoid(eus), geniohyoid(eus), sternohyoid(eus), omohyoid(eus), sternothyroid(eus),
and thyrohyoid(eus). [MeSH];
UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0027532;
Origin ID : RID7489;
UMLS CUI : C0027532;
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UMLS correspondences (same concept)
The neck muscles consist of the platysma, splenius cervicis, sternocleidomastoid(eus),
longus colli, the anterior, medius, and posterior scalenes, digastric(us), stylohyoid(eus),
mylohyoid(eus), geniohyoid(eus), sternohyoid(eus), omohyoid(eus), sternothyroid(eus),
and thyrohyoid(eus). [MeSH]