National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Soleus
Synonyms

SOLEUS MUSCLE

MUSCLE, SOLEUS

Soleus

Definitions

A muscle located in the back of the lower leg beneath the gastrocnemius muscle. Its actions involve the flexion of the ankle joint and standing.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C53075

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle in the crus, in general extending from the tibia and fibula to the calcaneous; primary function is plantarflexion of the foot.

code

C53075

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 muscle located in the back of the lower leg beneath the gastrocnemius muscle. Its actions involve the flexion of the ankle joint and standing.

FULL_SYN

SOLEUS MUSCLE

MUSCLE, SOLEUS

Soleus

label

Soleus

Legacy Concept Name

Soleus

Preferred_Name

Soleus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C53075

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0242694

subClassOf

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

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