tooth apex - CISMeF

Preferred Label : tooth apex;

MeSH definition : The tip or terminal end of the root of a tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62);

MeSH synonym : apices, tooth; apex, tooth; tooth apices;

MeSH hyponym : apical foramen; Foramen, Apical;

MeSH annotation : dis: coord IM with TOOTH DISEASES (IM); /surg: consider also APICOECTOMY; apical foramen goes here;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apical foramen;

Details

Origin ID

D019227;

UMLS CUI

C0040429;

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]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Apex of tooth [FMA entity]
- Apical foramen of root of tooth [FMA entity]
- Foramen Apicis Dentis [NCIt concept]
- Structure of apex of root of tooth (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- tooth apex [UBERON concept]
Record concept(s)
- apical foramen [MeSH concept]
- tooth apex [MeSH concept]
See also
- apicoectomy [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Location or Region [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Apex of tooth [FMA entity]

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