cranial fossa, posterior

Preferred Label : cranial fossa, posterior;

MeSH definition : The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE.;

MeSH synonym : cranial fossas, posterior; fossas, posterior cranial; posterior cranial fossa; fossa, posterior cranial; posterior cranial fossas;

MeSH hyponym : clivus;

MeSH annotation : NIM when merely locational; X ref CLIVUS: restrict to posterior cranial fossa; other clivus sites are indexed under specific cranial bone, as clivus ossis occipitalis goes under OCCIPITAL BONE; neopl: coord IM with SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS (IM); NIM when merely locational; entry term CLIVUS: restrict to posterior cranial fossa; other clivus sites are indexed under specific cranial bone, as clivus ossis occipitalis goes under OCCIPITAL BONE; neopl: coord IM with SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS (IM);

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Origin ID

D003388;

UMLS CUI

C0010265;

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- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
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- 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]
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- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
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- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cerebellar fossa [FMA entity]
- Clivus [NCIt concept]
- Clivus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire posterior fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior fossa [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Via posterior cranial fossa (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- clivus [Radlex concept]
- clivus of occipital bone [UBERON concept]
- clivus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- posterior cranial fossa [UBERON concept]
- posterior cranial fossa [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Posterior Cranial Fossa [NCIt concept]
- Posterior cranial fossa [FMA entity]
Record concept(s)
- clivus [MeSH concept]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior Cranial Fossa [NCIt concept]
- Posterior cranial fossa [FMA entity]
- Structure of posterior fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior cranial fossa [UBERON concept]
- posterior fossa of cranial cavity [SNOMED Notion]

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