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rotator cuff

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003683

A group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the shoulder. The four muscles of the rotator cuff are over half of the seven scapulohumeral muscles. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotator_cuff ]

Synonyms: rotator cuff, musculotendinous cuff, tendinous cuff

Term info

database cross reference
  • Wikipedia:Rotator_cuff
  • FMA:37018
  • MESH:D017006
  • UMLS:C0085515 (ncithesaurus:Rotator_Cuff)
  • GAID:160
  • NCIT:C33497
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UBERON:0003683

prefLabel

Tendinous cuff