cranial fossa, middle

Preferred Label : cranial fossa, middle;

MeSH definition : The compartment containing the anterior extremities and half the inferior surface of the temporal lobes (TEMPORAL LOBE) of the cerebral hemispheres. Lying posterior and inferior to the anterior cranial fossa (CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR), it is formed by part of the TEMPORAL BONE and SPHENOID BONE. It is separated from the posterior cranial fossa (CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR) by crests formed by the superior borders of the petrous parts of the temporal bones.;

MeSH synonym : middle cranial fossa; fossa, middle cranial;

MeSH annotation : NIM when merely locational; neopl: coord IM with SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS (IM); NIM when merely locational; neoplasms: coordinate with SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

Details

Origin ID

D035301;

UMLS CUI

C0230045;

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)
- Entire middle fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Middle fossa [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Via middle cranial fossa (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- middle cranial fossa [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Middle Cranial Fossa [NCIt concept]
- Middle cranial fossa [FMA entity]
Record concept(s)
- cranial fossa, middle [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Middle Cranial Fossa [NCIt concept]
- Middle cranial fossa [FMA entity]
- Structure of middle fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- middle cranial fossa [UBERON concept]
- middle fossa of cranial cavity [SNOMED Notion]

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