National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Muscle Tissue

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12435

code

C12435

DEFINITION

Tissue responsible for the body movements and the shape and size changes of interna organs. Muscle tissue is composed of specialized contractile cells. There are two types of muscle tissue recognized:striated and smooth muscle. The striated muscle tissue is further subdivided into skeletal, visceral striated, and cardiac muscle.

Display_Name

Muscle Tissue

label

Muscle Tissue

Legacy_Concept_Name

Muscle_Tissue

Preferred_Name

Muscle Tissue

prefixIRI

C12435

prefLabel

Muscle Tissue

Semantic_Type

Tissue

UMLS_CUI

C2328219

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12471

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