Nephron - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Nephron;

NCIt synonyms : Uriniferous Tube;

NCIt definition : The basic structural and functioning unit of the kidney. It is composed of the glomerulus, where waste products are filtered from the blood, the proximal and distal tubules, the loop of Henle, and the collecting ducts, where urine is produced for excretion from the body.;

Details

Origin ID

C13048;

UMLS CUI

C0027713;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Kidney [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire nephron (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nephron [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Nephron [ICHI extension code]
- nephron [UBERON concept]
- nephron [Radlex concept]
Contains anatomical structure(s)
- Ascending Limb of Henle's Loop [NCIt concept]
- Collecting Tube [NCIt concept]
- Convoluted Tubule [NCIt concept]
- Cortical Nephron [NCIt concept]
- Curved Tube [NCIt concept]
- Descending Limb of Henle's Loop [NCIt concept]
- Distal Convoluted Tubule [NCIt concept]
- Henle's Loop [NCIt concept]
- Irregular Tubule [NCIt concept]
- Juxtamedullary Nephron [NCIt concept]
- Midcortical Nephron [NCIt concept]
- Proximal Convoluted Tube [NCIt concept]
- Renal Corpuscle [NCIt concept]
- Renal Tubule [NCIt concept]
- Spiral Tube of Schchowa [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Nephron structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- nephron, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- nephrons [MeSH Descriptor]
- nephrons [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Nephron [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Nephron [FMA entity]
- Nephron structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- nephron [UBERON concept]
- nephron, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- nephrons [MeSH Descriptor]
- nephrons [MeSH concept]
tissue_is_expression_site_of_gene_product
- Barttin [NCIt concept]

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