Node of Ranvier

Preferred Label : Node of Ranvier;

NCIt definition : The gaps formed between myelin sheath segments along axons of certain neurons that serve to facilitate the rapid conduction of nerve impulses.;

Details

Origin ID

C33172;

UMLS CUI

C0034667;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Myelinated Nerve Fiber [NCIt concept]
Associated anatomy of gene products
- Potassium Voltage-Gated Channel Subfamily KQT Member 2 [NCIt concept]
- Sodium Channel Protein Type 2 Subunit Alpha [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ankyrin 3 [HGNC gene]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- ranvier's nodes [MeSH Descriptor]
- ranvier's nodes [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Node of Ranvier [FMA entity]
- Ranvier's node (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- node of Ranvier [GO term]
- ranvier's node [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Node of Ranvier [FMA entity]
- Ranvier's node (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- node of Ranvier [GO term]
- ranvier's node [SNOMED Notion]
- ranvier's nodes [MeSH concept]
- ranvier's nodes [MeSH Descriptor]

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