Visual System - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Visual System;

NCIt synonyms : Visual Pathway;

NCIt definition : The part of the central nervous system that contains the organs and connections that allow for the processing of visual images as well as some non-image forming visual functions, including circadian photoentrainment. Structures comprising the visual system include the eye, the optic nerve, the optic chiasma, the optic tract, the lateral geniculate nucleus, the optic radiations, the visual cortex, and the visual association cortex.;

Details

Origin ID

C12888;

UMLS CUI

C3536733;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire visual pathway (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire visual system (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- VISION DISORDERS [WHO-ART Class]
- Visual System [ICHI extension code]
- Visual appliance (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Visual pathway [LOINC System]
- Visual system [Bloc CIM-11]
- visual system [UBERON concept]
- visual system [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Structure of visual system (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Visual system [FMA entity]
- visual pathways [MeSH Descriptor]
- visual pathways [MeSH concept]
- visual system [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body System [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Visual system [FMA entity]
- visual system [SNOMED Notion]

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