reticular formation

Preferred Label : reticular formation;

MeSH definition : A region extending from the PONS & MEDULLA OBLONGATA through the MESENCEPHALON, characterized by a diversity of neurons of various sizes and shapes, arranged in different aggregations and enmeshed in a complicated fiber network.;

MeSH synonym : formation, reticular; formations, reticular; reticular formations;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticular formation;

Details

Origin ID

D012154;

UMLS CUI

C0035284;

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]
- 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)
- Entire reticular formation (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Reticular activating system structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Reticular formation [ICHI extension code]
- Reticular formation structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- reticular activating system [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Reticular formation [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Reticular formation [FMA entity]
- reticular formation [UBERON concept]
- reticular formation [Radlex concept]
Record concept(s)
- reticular formation [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Reticular formation [FMA entity]
- Reticular formation structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- reticular formation [Radlex concept]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- medullary reticular formation [UBERON concept]

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