Posterior Spinal Cord Column

Preferred Label : Posterior Spinal Cord Column;

NCIt synonyms : Posterior Column;

NCIt definition : Spinal white matter located in the dorsal portion of the spinal column, and composed of two ascending tracts: the fasciculus gracilis and fasciculus cuneatus, both of which are composed of myelinated fibers carrying proprioceptive, exteroceptive, and vibratory sensation to higher levels.;

Details

Origin ID

C33355;

UMLS CUI

C0228576;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Spinal Cord [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- spinal cord dorsal column [UBERON concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Dorsal funiculus of spinal cord [FMA entity]
- Dorsal funiculus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- dorsal funiculus [SNOMED Notion]

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