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Preferred Name

Infraspinatus
Synonyms

Infraspinatus

INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE

Definitions

One of the four muscles comprising the rotator cuff that is triangular in shape and extends from the infraspinatus fossa of the scapula to the greater tubercle of the humerus. The infraspinatus muscle extends and rotates the arm laterally.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32797

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle of the rotator cuff, in general extending from the infraspinatus fossa of the scapula to the greater tubercle of the humerus; primary function is to extend and rotate the arm laterally.

code

C32797

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

One of the four muscles comprising the rotator cuff that is triangular in shape and extends from the infraspinatus fossa of the scapula to the greater tubercle of the humerus. The infraspinatus muscle extends and rotates the arm laterally.

FULL_SYN

Infraspinatus

INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE

label

Infraspinatus

Legacy Concept Name

Infraspinatus

Preferred_Name

Infraspinatus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C32797

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0584882

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33497

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