Merkel's Corpuscle

Preferred Label : Merkel's Corpuscle;

NCIt synonyms : Tactile Meniscus; Tactile Disk; Merkel's Tactile Cell; Meniscus Tactus; Merkel s Corpuscle; Tactile Disc; Merkel's Disk; Merkel's Disc;

NCIt definition : A specialized tactile sensory nerve ending in the epidermis, characterized by a terminal cuplike expansion of an intraepidermal axon in contact with the base of a single modified keratinocyte. SYN meniscus tactus, Merkel's corpuscle, Merkel's tactile cell, Merkel's tactile disk, tactile disk.;

Details

Origin ID

C13173;

UMLS CUI

C0228104;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Epidermis [NCIt concept]
- Peripheral Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Merkel nerve ending [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Merkel's disc [FMA entity]
- Structure of Merkel's tactile disc (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- merkel's tactile disc [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Structure of Hassall corpuscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- hassal's corpuscle [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Merkel's disc [FMA entity]
- Structure of Merkel's tactile disc (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- merkel's tactile disc [SNOMED Notion]

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