pancreas, exocrine

Preferred Label : pancreas, exocrine;

MeSH definition : The major component (about 80%) of the PANCREAS composed of acinar functional units of tubular and spherical cells. The acinar cells synthesize and secrete several digestive enzymes such as TRYPSINOGEN; LIPASE; AMYLASE; and RIBONUCLEASE. Secretion from the exocrine pancreas drains into the pancreatic ductal system and empties into the DUODENUM.;

MeSH synonym : exocrine pancreas;

Details

Origin ID

D046790;

UMLS CUI

C0553695;

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]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire exocrine pancreas (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Exocrine pancreas [FMA entity]
- Exocrine pancreas [PASCAL theme]
- Exocrine pancreas [LOINC component]
- Mouse Exocrine Pancreas [NCIt concept]
- exocrine pancreas [UBERON concept]
- exocrine pancreas [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Exocrine Pancreas [NCIt concept]
- Structure of exocrine pancreas (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- exocrine pancreas, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- pancreas, exocrine [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- pancreatic stellate cells [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Exocrine Pancreas [NCIt concept]
- Exocrine pancreas [FMA entity]
- Exocrine pancreas [LOINC component]
- Structure of exocrine pancreas (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- exocrine pancreas [UBERON concept]
- exocrine pancreas, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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