Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

Preferred Label : Posterior Longitudinal Ligament;

NCIt definition : A long fibrous band extending along the vertebral canal from C2 to the sacrum that interconnects the posterior surface of the vertebrae. The ligament narrows as it passes between the pedicle and widens at the intervertebral disc space to blend with the intervertebral fibrocartilage.;

Details

Origin ID

C33365;

UMLS CUI

C0206330;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Anterior longitudinal ligament [FMA entity]
- Entire posterior longitudinal ligament (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Longitudinal Ligament [ICHI extension code]
- Posterior longitudinal ligament [ICD-11 Extension code]
- longitudinal ligaments [MeSH Descriptor]
- posterior longitudinal ligament [UBERON concept]
- posterior longitudinal ligament [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Posterior longitudinal ligament [FMA entity]
- Posterior longitudinal ligament structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior longitudinal ligament [MeSH concept]
- posterior longitudinal ligament [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior longitudinal ligament [FMA entity]
- Posterior longitudinal ligament structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior longitudinal ligament [MeSH concept]
- posterior longitudinal ligament [SNOMED Notion]

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