Infratemporal Fossa

Preferred Label : Infratemporal Fossa;

MeSH definition : The compartment that lies posterior to the MAXILLA and inferior to the side wall of the SKULL deep to the ramus of the MANDIBLE. It contains several FACIAL NERVES and the CAROTID ARTERIES and the JUGULAR VEINS.;

MeSH synonym : Fossa, Infratemporal;

MeSH annotation : NIM when merely locational; neoplasms: coordinate with SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infratemporal fossa;

Details

Origin ID

D000080884;

UMLS CUI

C0230011;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Infratemporal fossa [FMA entity]
- Structure of infratemporal fossa (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- infratemporal fossa [SNOMED Notion]
- infratemporal fossa [UBERON concept]
Record concept(s)
- Infratemporal Fossa [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Infratemporal fossa [FMA entity]
- Structure of infratemporal fossa (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- infratemporal fossa [SNOMED Notion]

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