Middle Cranial Fossa

Preferred Label : Middle Cranial Fossa;

NCIt synonyms : Middle Fossa;

NCIt definition : A depression of the skull base lying posterior and inferior to the anterior cranial fossa and separated from the posterior cranial fossa by the clivus and the petrous crest. It supports the temporal lobes of the cerebrum and the pituitary gland.;

Details

Origin ID

C33117;

UMLS CUI

C0230045;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Base of the Skull [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire middle fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Middle fossa [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Middle fossa [ICHI extension code]
- Via middle cranial fossa (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- middle cranial fossa [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Middle cranial fossa [FMA entity]
- cranial fossa, middle [MeSH Descriptor]
- cranial fossa, middle [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Middle cranial fossa [FMA entity]
- Structure of middle fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cranial fossa, middle [MeSH Descriptor]
- cranial fossa, middle [MeSH concept]
- middle cranial fossa [UBERON concept]
- middle fossa of cranial cavity [SNOMED Notion]
is_primary_anatomic_site_of_disease
- Internal Auditory Canal Meningioma [NCIt concept]
- Middle Cranial Fossa Meningioma [NCIt concept]

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