circle of willis

Preferred Label : circle of willis;

MeSH definition : A polygonal anastomosis at the base of the brain formed by the internal carotid (CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL), proximal parts of the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral arteries (ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), the anterior communicating artery and the posterior communicating arteries.;

MeSH synonym : willis' circle; arterial circle, cerebral; circle, willis'; willis circle; cerebral arterial circle;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle of Willis;

Details

Origin ID

D002941;

UMLS CUI

C0008812;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [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]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cerebral arterial circle [FMA entity]
- Circle [NCIt concept]
- Circle Unit of Plane Angle [NCIt concept]
- Circle of Willis [LOINC System]
- Circle of Willis [LOINC part]
- Circle of Willis [LOINC System]
- Structure of circle of Willis (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- circle [UCUM unit]
- circle of Willis [UBERON concept]
- circle of willis [Radlex concept]
- circle of willis, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- circle of willis [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cerebral arterial circle [FMA entity]
- Circle of Willis [LOINC part]
- Circle of Willis [LOINC System]
- Structure of circle of Willis (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- circle of willis, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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