muscle spindle

Preferred Label : muscle spindle;

Uberon definition : The sensory organs in muscle that are involved in the stretch reflex.;

Uberon synonym : neuromuscular spindle;

Uberon related term : muscle stretch receptor; neuromuscular spindle;

Details

Origin ID

0003718;

UMLS CUI

C0027871;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Muscle Spindle [NCIt concept]
- Muscle spindle [FMA entity]
- Structure of muscle spindle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- muscle spindle [SNOMED Notion]
- muscle spindles [MeSH concept]
- muscle spindles [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Muscle Spindle [NCIt concept]
- Muscle spindle [FMA entity]
- Structure of muscle spindle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- muscle spindle [SNOMED Notion]
- muscle spindles [MeSH concept]
- muscle spindles [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Muscle Spindle [NCIt concept]
- Muscle spindle [FMA entity]
- Structure of muscle spindle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
part of
- nervous system [UBERON concept]

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