lens, crystalline

Preferred Label : lens, crystalline;

MeSH definition : A transparent, biconvex structure of the EYE, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the IRIS and in front of the vitreous humor (VITREOUS BODY). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the CILIARY BODY is crucial for OCULAR ACCOMMODATION.;

MeSH synonym : lens, eye; crystalline lens; eye lens;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Lens (anatomy);

MeSH annotation : of the eye; congenital absence APHAKIA /congen; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT is also available; replacement by intraocular lens LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; extraction probably CATARACT EXTRACTION;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens (anatomy);

Details

Origin ID

D007908;

UMLS CUI

C0023317;

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]
False automatic mappings
- Lens Device [NCIt concept]
Ne pas confondre avec
- lenses, intraocular [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- lens, crystalline [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- microphthalmia with hyperopia, retinal degeneration, macrophakia, and dental anomalies [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- microspherophakia with hernia [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- verloes van maldergem marneffe syndrome [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also
- aphakia [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- lens diseases [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Abnormality of lens shape [HPO term]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Lens [FMA entity]
- Lens [NCIt concept]
- Structure of lens of eye (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- crystalline lens, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- lens [Radlex concept]
- lens of camera-type eye [UBERON concept]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Right optic lens [LOINC System]

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