Spinal Cord Tract

Preferred Label : Spinal Cord Tract;

NCIt synonyms : Ascending and Descending Tracts of Spinal Cord; Tracts of Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Tracts;

NCIt definition : White matter in the spinal cord comprising longitudinally oriented nerve fibers (axons) that transmit impulses in both directions: ascending tracts transmit sensory information to the brain from the body, and descending tracts transmit impulses from the brain to the muscles.;

Details

Origin ID

C12995;

UMLS CUI

C1519456;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Spinal Cord [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- tract of spinal cord [UBERON concept]
- tract of spinal cord [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Tract of spinal cord [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Tract of spinal cord [FMA entity]
- tract of spinal cord [UBERON concept]

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