Thymus - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Thymus;

FMA definition : Corticomedullary organ, each instance of which is some lymphoid organ consisting of two pyramidal lobes located in some anterior superior mediastinum, anterior to some heart and posterior to some sternum.;

Synonyme FMA : Thymus gland;

Details

Origin ID

9607;

UMLS CUI

C0040113;

Arterial supply of
- Left thymic artery [FMA entity]
- Right thymic artery [FMA entity]
- Thymic branch of brachiocephalic artery [FMA entity]
Bounded by
- Surface of thymus [FMA entity]
Constitutional part
- Capsule of thymus [FMA entity]
- Parenchyma of thymus [FMA entity]
Constitutional part of
- Content of anterior mediastinum [FMA entity]
- Content of superior mediastinum [FMA entity]
Contained in
- Anterior mediastinal space [FMA entity]
- Superior mediastinal space [FMA entity]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Thymus Gland [NCIt concept]
- Thymus gland [LOINC System]
- Thymus gland [LOINC part]
- Thymus gland structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- thymus [Radlex concept]
- thymus [ICF N3 Element]
- thymus [UBERON concept]
- thymus gland [MeSH Descriptor]
- thymus gland [MeSH concept]
- thymus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Drained by (lymphatic)
- Anterior mediastinal lymphatic chain [FMA entity]
- Brachiocephalic lymphatic chain [FMA entity]
- Left parasternal lymph node [FMA entity]
- Left tracheobronchial lymph node [FMA entity]
- Right parasternal lymph node [FMA entity]
- Right tracheobronchial lymph node [FMA entity]
False automatic mappings
- Thymus zygis [NCIt concept]
Is innervated by
- Cervicothoracic ganglion [FMA entity]
- Left phrenic nerve [FMA entity]
- Left vagus nerve [FMA entity]
- Right phrenic nerve [FMA entity]
- Right vagus nerve [FMA entity]
Member of
- Hematopoietic system [FMA entity]
- Non-lymphatic lymphoid system [FMA entity]
- Set of viscera of thorax [FMA entity]
Regional part
- Left lobe of thymus [FMA entity]
- Right lobe of thymus [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Thymus Gland [NCIt concept]
- Thymus gland [LOINC System]
- Thymus gland [LOINC part]
- Thymus gland structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- thymus [ICF N3 Element]
- thymus [Radlex concept]
- thymus [UBERON concept]
- thymus gland [MeSH concept]
- thymus gland [MeSH Descriptor]
- thymus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Venous supply
- Thymic vein [FMA entity]

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