gastrocnemius - CISMeF

Preferred Label : gastrocnemius;

Uberon definition : The most superficial muscle of the triceps surae group, in the posterior portion of the lower hindleg.;

Uberon synonym : gastrocnemius muscle; m.gastrocnemius; m. gastrocnemius;

Uberon Function note : involved in standing, walking, running and jumping;

Uberon Homology note : The most prominent ventral muscle of the shank is the gastrocnemius, the 'calf' muscle. In mammals, it has two heads, resulting from the fusion of two different phylogenetic predecessors.[well established][VHOG];

Uberon Taxon note : In mammals this muscle has two heads[ISBN:0073040584];

Details

Origin ID

0001388;

UMLS CUI

C0242691;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire gastrocnemius (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gastrocnemius muscle [ICHI extension code]
- muscle, skeletal [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Gastrocnemius [FMA entity]
- Gastrocnemius Muscle [NCIt concept]
- Gastrocnemius muscle [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Gastrocnemius muscle structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gastrocnemius muscle [Radlex concept]
- gastrocnemius muscle [SNOMED Notion]
- gastrocnemius muscle [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Gastrocnemius [FMA entity]
- Gastrocnemius Muscle [NCIt concept]
- Gastrocnemius muscle structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gastrocnemius muscle [MeSH concept]
- gastrocnemius muscle [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire gastrocnemius (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gastrocnemius [FMA entity]
- Gastrocnemius Muscle [NCIt concept]
adjacent to
- sesamoid bone of gastrocnemius [UBERON concept]
contributes to morphology of
- limb muscle [UBERON concept]
has muscle antagonist
- tibialis anterior [UBERON concept]
has muscle insertion
- calcaneal tendon [UBERON concept]
- calcaneus [UBERON concept]
has muscle origin
- medial condyle of femur [UBERON concept]
has part
- gastrocnemius lateralis [UBERON concept]
- gastrocnemius medialis [UBERON concept]
part of
- triceps surae [UBERON concept]

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