Lower Esophageal Sphincter

Preferred Label : Lower Esophageal Sphincter;

NCIt synonyms : LES;

NCIt definition : A group of muscles between the esophagus and stomach that actively prevents food from rising up out of the stomach.;

Details

Origin ID

C33009;

UMLS CUI

C0227192;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Digestive System [NCIt concept]
- Esophagus [NCIt concept]
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Circular muscle layer of abdominal part of esophagus [FMA entity]
- esophageal sphincter, lower [MeSH Descriptor]
- esophageal sphincter, lower [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Fucosyltransferase 3 [OMIM Phenotype]
- LE(2) [MeSH concept]
- LE(2) [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cardiac sphincter [FMA entity]
- Circular muscle layer of abdominal part of esophagus [FMA entity]
- Inferior esophageal sphincter structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cardiac sphincter [Radlex concept]
- esophageal sphincter, lower [MeSH concept]
- esophageal sphincter, lower [MeSH Descriptor]
- gastroesophageal sphincter [UBERON concept]
- inferior esophageal sphincter [SNOMED Notion]
- lower esophageal sphincter [Radlex concept]

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