National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Procerus Muscle

Synonyms

Procerus Muscle

PROCERUS MUSCLE

Definitions

A pyramid-shaped muscle in the face that allows movement of the skin between the eyebrows. It originates on the lower part of the nasal bone and inserts into the frontalis muscle in the forehead. It is innervated by branches of the facial nerve and supplied by the facial artery.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C166001

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle in the face, in general extending from the lower part of the nasal bone to the frontalis muscle in the forehead; primary function is to move the skin between the eyebrows.

code

C166001

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 pyramid-shaped muscle in the face that allows movement of the skin between the eyebrows. It originates on the lower part of the nasal bone and inserts into the frontalis muscle in the forehead. It is innervated by branches of the facial nerve and supplied by the facial artery.

FULL_SYN

Procerus Muscle

PROCERUS MUSCLE

label

Procerus Muscle

Preferred_Name

Procerus Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C166001

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0224220

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13073

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