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Preferred Name

Adductor Pollicis Muscle

Synonyms

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE

Adductor Pollicis Muscle

Definitions

A muscle of the hand that extends from the capitate and bases of the second and third metacarpals for the oblique head, and the anterior surface of body of the third metacarpal for the transverse head, to the base of proximal phalanx and extensor hood of the thumb; primary function is to draw the first metacarpal laterally to oppose the thumb toward the center of palm and rotate it medially.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C186100

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle of the hand that extends from the capitate and bases of the second and third metacarpals for the oblique head, and the anterior surface of body of the third metacarpal for the transverse head, to the base of proximal phalanx and extensor hood of the thumb; primary function is to draw the first metacarpal laterally to oppose the thumb toward the center of palm and rotate it medially.

code

C186100

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A muscle of the hand that extends from the capitate and bases of the second and third metacarpals for the oblique head, and the anterior surface of body of the third metacarpal for the transverse head, to the base of proximal phalanx and extensor hood of the thumb; primary function is to draw the first metacarpal laterally to oppose the thumb toward the center of palm and rotate it medially.

FULL_SYN

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE

Adductor Pollicis Muscle

label

Adductor Pollicis Muscle

Preferred_Name

Adductor Pollicis Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C186100

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0224288

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13056

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