muscle of mastication

Preferred Label : muscle of mastication;

RADLEX synonyms : masticatory muscle;

Definition : Muscles arising in the zygomatic arch that close the jaw. Their nerve supply is masseteric from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. (From Stedman, 25th ed) [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0024890;

Details

Origin ID

RID9904;

UMLS CUI

C0024890;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- masticatory muscle [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Entire muscle of mastication (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Masseter Muscle [NCIt concept]
- Masticatory muscle [FMA entity]
- Muscle of Mastication [NCIt concept]
- Set of masticatory muscles [FMA entity]
- Structure of muscle of mastication (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- masticatory muscles [MeSH Descriptor]
- masticatory muscles [MeSH concept]
- muscles of mastication, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Part of
- head [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Masticatory muscle [FMA entity]
- Muscle of Mastication [NCIt concept]
- Set of masticatory muscles [FMA entity]
- Structure of muscle of mastication (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- masticatory muscle [UBERON concept]
- masticatory muscles [MeSH Descriptor]
- masticatory muscles [MeSH concept]
- muscles of mastication, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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