Precuneus - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Precuneus;

NCIt definition : The medial aspect of the posterior parietal lobe, which is bounded anteriorly by the marginal branch of the cingulate sulcus, posteriorly by the medial portion of the parieto-occipital fissure and inferiorly by the subparietal sulcus. It is involved in a wide range of higher-order cognitive function, such as episodic memory, visuospatial processing, reflections upon self, and aspects of consciousness.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: The posteromedial region of the parietal lobe bounded by the marginal branch of the cingulate sulcus anteriorly, by the medial portion of the parieto-occipital fissure posteriorly and by the subparietal sulcus inferiorly.;

Details

Origin ID

C112399;

UMLS CUI

C0152306;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire precuneus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Precuneus [FMA entity]
- Structure of precuneus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- parietal lobe [MeSH Descriptor]
- precuneus [Radlex concept]
- precuneus [SNOMED Notion]
- precuneus cortex [UBERON concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Precuneus [FMA entity]
- Precuneus Cortex [MeSH concept]
- Structure of precuneus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- precuneus [SNOMED Notion]
- precuneus cortex [UBERON concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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