Fontanelle - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Fontanelle;

NCIt related terms : Soft Spot; Fontanel;

NCIt definition : The four gaps in the skull of a neonate or fetus where the sutures converge. The bulging or depression of the membranous soft spots can be indicative of intracranial fluid buildup or systemic dehydration.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: The membrane-covered space between the skull bones of a neonate or fetus where ossification is not complete and sutures are not fully formed.;

Details

Origin ID

C32621;

UMLS CUI

C0224548;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Fetal Skull [NCIt concept]
- Skull [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Anterior fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Entire fontanel of skull (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fontanel [Anatomie ACR]
- Mastoid fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Posterior fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Set of fontanelles [FMA entity]
- Sphenoidal fontanelle [FMA entity]
- cranial fontanelles [MeSH Descriptor]
- fontanelle [UBERON concept]
- fontanelle [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Fontanelle [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fontanelle [FMA entity]
- Set of fontanelles [FMA entity]
- Structure of fontanel of skull (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- fontanel of skull, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- fontanelle [UBERON concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Newborn Screening Terminology [NCIt concept]

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