Posterior chest

Preferred Label : Posterior chest;

FMA definition : subdivision of thorax, each instance of which is posterior to the plane of the posterior boundary of the middle mediastinum; it has as its constitutional part some complete set of thoracic vertebral arches (T1-T12); together with anterior chest constitutes the thorax. Examples: There is only one posterior chest.;

Details

Origin ID

87552;

UMLS CUI

C0230131;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Posterior chest wall structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior chest wall [SNOMED Notion]
Constitutional part
- Posterior mediastinum [FMA entity]
- Posterior region of superior mediastinum [FMA entity]
- Posterior thoracic wall [FMA entity]
Regional part of
- Female thorax [FMA entity]
- Male thorax [FMA entity]
- Thorax [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Location or Region [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior chest wall structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior chest wall [SNOMED Notion]

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