Gland of Wolfring

Preferred Label : Gland of Wolfring;

NCIt definition : The larger accessory lacrimal glands on the upper and lower eyelids that secrete tears. There are approximately 2-5 glands on the upper lid and 1-3 glands on the lower lid.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL449022;

Details

Origin ID

C32680;

UMLS CUI

C0266586;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Exocrine System [NCIt concept]
- Eyelid [NCIt concept]
- Lacrimal Apparatus [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ciaccio's gland [UBERON concept]
- Set of accessory lacrimal glands [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Accessory lacrimal gland [FMA entity]
- Accessory lacrimal gland (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Set of accessory lacrimal glands [FMA entity]
- accessory lacrimal gland [UBERON concept]
- accessory lacrimal gland [SNOMED Notion]

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