loading...| Preferred Name |
fasciculations |
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| Synonyms |
muscle_fasciculation |
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| Definitions |
Fasciculations are observed as small, local, involuntary muscle contractions (twitching) visible under the skin. Fasciculations result from increased irritability of an axon (which in turn is often a manifestation of disease of a motor neuron). This leads to sporadic discharges of all the muscle fibers controlled by the axon in isolation from other motor units. |
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| ID |
http://www.semanticweb.org/danielhier/ontologies/2019/3/untitled-ontology-57/fasciculations |
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| CUI |
C0015644 |
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| Exam_Part |
Motor |
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| Example_1 |
muscle fasciculations |
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| Example_2 |
muscle twitching |
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| isDefinedBy |
Fasciculations are observed as small, local, involuntary muscle contractions (twitching) visible under the skin. Fasciculations result from increased irritability of an axon (which in turn is often a manifestation of disease of a motor neuron). This leads to sporadic discharges of all the muscle fibers controlled by the axon in isolation from other motor units. |
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| prefixIRI |
untitled-ontology-57:fasciculations |
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| prefLabel |
fasciculations |
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| seeAlso |
muscle_fasciculation |
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| SNOMED |
82470000 |
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| subClassOf |
http://www.semanticweb.org/danielhier/ontologies/2019/3/untitled-ontology-57#motor_disorders |