cranial fontanelles

Preferred Label : cranial fontanelles;

MeSH definition : Any of six membrane-covered openings between the CRANIAL SUTURES in the incompletely ossified skull of the fetus or newborn infant. The fontanelles normally close sometime after birth.;

MeSH synonym : cranial fontanel; fontanel, cranial; fontanelles, cranial; fontanels, cranial; cranial fontanelle; fontanelle, cranial; cranial fontanels;

DeCS synonym : Cranial Soft Spot; Cranial Soft Spots;

MeSH hyponym : posterior fontanelle; anterior fontanelle; sphenoidal fontanelle; mastoid fontanelle; Fontanelle, Sphenoidal; Fontanelles, Sphenoidal; Sphenoidal Fontanelles; Sphenoidal Fontanel; Fontanel, Sphenoidal; Fontanels, Sphenoidal; Sphenoidal Fontanels; Fontanelle, Posterior; Fontanelles, Posterior; Posterior Fontanelles; Posterior Fontanel; Fontanel, Posterior; Fontanels, Posterior; Posterior Fontanels; Anterior Fontanelles; Fontanelle, Anterior; Fontanelles, Anterior; Anterior Fontanel; Anterior Fontanels; Fontanel, Anterior; Fontanels, Anterior; Fontanelle, Mastoid; Fontanelles, Mastoid; Mastoid Fontanelles; Mastoid Fontanel; Fontanel, Mastoid; Fontanels, Mastoid; Mastoid Fontanels;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior fontanelle;

Details

Origin ID

D055762;

UMLS CUI

C2350554;

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)
- Anterior fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Anterior fontanelle presenting (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire anterior fontanel of skull (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire posterior fontanel of skull (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Fontanelle [NCIt concept]
- Mastoid fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Posterior fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Posterior fontanelle presenting (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Set of fontanelles [FMA entity]
- Sphenoidal fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Structure of fontanel of skull (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- anterior fontanel [UBERON concept]
- fontanel of skull, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- fontanelle [Radlex concept]
- posterior fontanelle [UBERON concept]
- sphenoidal fontanelle [UBERON concept]
Record concept(s)
- anterior fontanelle [MeSH concept]
- cranial fontanelles [MeSH concept]
- mastoid fontanelle [MeSH concept]
- posterior fontanelle [MeSH concept]
- sphenoidal fontanelle [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]

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