Cavernous Sinus

Preferred Label : Cavernous Sinus;

NCIt definition : One of a pair of dural venous sinuses located on either side of the pituitary fossa and lateral to the sella turcica. It receives blood from the superior and inferior ophthalmic veins, and drains via the superior and inferior petrosal sinuses, as well as into the emissary vein.;

Details

Origin ID

C12690;

UMLS CUI

C0007473;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Deep Intracranial Venous System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cavernous nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Cavernous sinus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Entire cavernous sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cavernous sinus [UBERON concept]
- cavernous sinus [ICHI extension code]
- cavernous sinus [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Cavernous sinus [FMA entity]
- Structure of cavernous sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cavernous sinus [MeSH Descriptor]
- cavernous sinus [MeSH concept]
- cavernous sinus [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cavernous sinus [FMA entity]
- Structure of cavernous sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cavernous sinus [Radlex concept]
- cavernous sinus [UBERON concept]
- cavernous sinus [MeSH concept]
- cavernous sinus [SNOMED Notion]
- cavernous sinus [MeSH Descriptor]
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- Cavernous Sinus Meningioma [NCIt concept]

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