National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Extraocular Muscle
Synonyms

EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE

Oculomotor Muscle

MUSCLE, EXTRAOCULAR

Extraocular Muscle

EOM

Definitions

A group of extrinsic muscles that are responsible for moving the eye and lifting the eyelid. These include: superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique, and levator palpebrae superioris, all innervated by CN III (oculomotor nerve), superior oblique, innervated by CN IV (trochlear nerve), lateral rectus, innervated by CN VI (abducens nerve).

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33199

ALT_DEFINITION

A group of muscles in the orbit extending from the posterior orbit to the eye and upper eyelid; primary function is the movement of the eye and retraction of the upper eyelid.

code

C33199

Concept_In_Subset

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

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77529

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 group of extrinsic muscles that are responsible for moving the eye and lifting the eyelid. These include: superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique, and levator palpebrae superioris, all innervated by CN III (oculomotor nerve), superior oblique, innervated by CN IV (trochlear nerve), lateral rectus, innervated by CN VI (abducens nerve).

FULL_SYN

EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE

Oculomotor Muscle

MUSCLE, EXTRAOCULAR

Extraocular Muscle

EOM

label

Extraocular Muscle

Legacy Concept Name

Oculomotor_Muscle

Preferred_Name

Extraocular Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33199

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0028863

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32716

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