National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Inferior Rectus Muscle

Synonyms

Inferior Rectus Muscle

MUSCLE, VENTRAL RECTUS

Definitions

One of the extraoculomotor muscles, which arises from a common tendinous ring in the posterior portion of the orbit, inserts on the anterior globe, is innervated by CN III, and functions to depress and adduct the eye.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32790

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle of the eye, in general extending from the annulus of Zinn to the ventral aspect of the eye at the annulus tendineus; primary function is depression of the eyeball.

code

C32790

Concept_In_Subset

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

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

One of the extraoculomotor muscles, which arises from a common tendinous ring in the posterior portion of the orbit, inserts on the anterior globe, is innervated by CN III, and functions to depress and adduct the eye.

FULL_SYN

Inferior Rectus Muscle

MUSCLE, VENTRAL RECTUS

label

Inferior Rectus Muscle

Legacy Concept Name

Inferior_Rectus_Muscle

Preferred_Name

Inferior Rectus Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C32790

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0582819

subClassOf

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

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