olfactory mucosa

Preferred Label : olfactory mucosa;

MeSH definition : That portion of the nasal mucosa containing the sensory nerve endings for SMELL, located at the dome of each NASAL CAVITY. The yellow-brownish olfactory epithelium consists of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; brush cells; STEM CELLS; and the associated olfactory glands.;

MeSH synonym : mucosa, olfactory; Olfactory Membrane; Membrane, Olfactory; Membranes, Olfactory; Olfactory Membranes;

MeSH hyponym : olfactory epithelium; Epithelium, Olfactory;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory epithelium;

Details

Origin ID

D009831;

UMLS CUI

C0028937;

Allowable qualifiers
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Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Olfactory Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- Olfactory epithelium [FMA entity]
- Olfactory zone of nasal mucosa [FMA entity]
- Structure of ileal epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- olfactory epithelium [UBERON concept]
- olfactory segment of nasal mucosa [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Olfactory Mucosa [NCIt concept]
Indexing information
- odorant-binding protein [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- olfactomedin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- olfactory epithelium [MeSH concept]
- olfactory mucosa [MeSH concept]
See also
- neuroepithelial cells [MeSH Descriptor]
- vomeronasal organ [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- smell [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Olfactory Mucosa [NCIt concept]
- olfactory segment of nasal mucosa [UBERON concept]

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