Tunica media of aorta

Preferred Label : Tunica media of aorta;

FMA definition : Tunica media of artery which is continuous with the myocardium of left ventricle.;

Origin ID

74433;

UMLS CUI

C0226011;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Structure of aortic tunica media (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- aorta tunica media [UBERON concept]
- aortic tunica media [SNOMED Notion]
Continuous with
- Myocardium [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of biventricular part of heart [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of left ventricle [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of outflow part of left ventricle [FMA entity]
Continuous with
- Myocardium [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of biventricular part of heart [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of left ventricle [FMA entity]
- Myocardium of outflow part of left ventricle [FMA entity]
Regional part of
- Wall of aorta [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of aortic tunica media (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- aortic tunica media [SNOMED Notion]