tunica media - CISMeF

Preferred Label : tunica media;

MeSH definition : The middle layer of blood vessel walls, composed principally of thin, cylindrical, smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It accounts for the bulk of the wall of most arteries. The smooth muscle cells are arranged in circular layers around the vessel, and the thickness of the coat varies with the size of the vessel.;

MeSH synonym : media, vascular; vascular media; medias, vascular; vascular medias;

MeSH hyponym : venous media; arterial media; Media, Venous; Medias, Venous; Venous Medias; Arterial Medias; Media, Arterial; Medias, Arterial;

MeSH annotation : /pathol is more likely than diseases of the tunica media; coordinate IM with specific blood vessel (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunica media;

Details

Origin ID

D017540;

UMLS CUI

C0162867;

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]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Structure of tunica media vasorum (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tunica Media [NCIt concept]
- Tunica media [FMA entity]
- tunica media [UBERON concept]
- tunica media of vessel, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- tunica media, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- arterial media [MeSH concept]
- tunica media [MeSH concept]
- venous media [MeSH concept]
See also
- carotid Intima-Media thickness [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of tunica media vasorum (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tunica Media [NCIt concept]
- Tunica media of vessel, NOS [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- tunica media [UBERON concept]
- tunica media of vessel, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- tunica media, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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