Free Nerve Ending

Preferred Label : Free Nerve Ending;

NCIt synonyms : Free Nerve Endings;

NCIt definition : Free nerve endings are widely distributed throughout the body, and are found as branches of unmyelinated, or lightly myelinated fibres grouped in bundles beneath the epithelium. As they penetrate the epithelium, they lose their myelin, and branch among the epithelial cells. Branches of one nerve may cover a wide area and overlap the territories of other nerves. The free nerve endings detect pain, touch, pressure and temperature, and are associated with C fibres.;

Details

Origin ID

C13174;

UMLS CUI

C0228107;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Dermis [NCIt concept]
- Mechanoreceptor [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Unencapsulated nerve ending [FMA entity]
- unencapsulated tactile receptor [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Structure of free nerve ending (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- free nerve ending [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of free nerve ending (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Unencapsulated nerve ending [FMA entity]
- free nerve ending [SNOMED Notion]

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