National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Medial Rectus Muscle

Synonyms

Medial Rectus Muscle

MUSCLE, MEDIAL RECTUS

Definitions

One of the extraoculomotor muscles arising from a common tendinous ring in the posterior part of the orbit with insertion on the medial surface of the sclera, which is innervated by the inferior division of CN III, and functions to adduct the eye.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33068

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle of the eye, in general extending from the annulus of Zinn to the medial aspect of the anterior portion of the eye at the annulus tendineus; primary function is adduction of the eye.

code

C33068

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 arising from a common tendinous ring in the posterior part of the orbit with insertion on the medial surface of the sclera, which is innervated by the inferior division of CN III, and functions to adduct the eye.

FULL_SYN

Medial Rectus Muscle

MUSCLE, MEDIAL RECTUS

label

Medial Rectus Muscle

Legacy Concept Name

Medial_Rectus_Muscle

Preferred_Name

Medial Rectus Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33068

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0582820

subClassOf

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

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