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Preferred Name

Genioglossus

Synonyms

GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE

Genioglossus

Definitions

A fan shaped muscle running from the underside of the tongue to the mandible which depresses and protrudes the tongue.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C52928

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle of the tongue, in general extending from the mental spine of the mandible to the hyoid bone at the bottom of the tongue; primary function is to depress and protrude the tongue.

code

C52928

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 fan shaped muscle running from the underside of the tongue to the mandible which depresses and protrudes the tongue.

FULL_SYN

GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE

Genioglossus

label

Genioglossus

Legacy Concept Name

Genioglossus

Preferred_Name

Genioglossus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C52928

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0224194

subClassOf

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

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