Small Intestinal Muscular Coat

Preferred Label : Small Intestinal Muscular Coat;

NCIt definition : Muscular coat consisting of two layers of smooth muscle - an external, longitudinal, and an internal, circular layer. The longitudinal fibers are thinly scattered over the surface of the small intestine, and are more distinct along its free border. The circular fibers form a thick, uniform layer, and are composed of plain muscle cells of considerable length. The muscular coat is thicker at the upper than at the lower part of the small intestine. Interstitial cells of Cajal are present in the small intestinal muscular coat.;

Details

Origin ID

C33569;

UMLS CUI

C0227269;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Intestine [NCIt concept]
- Small Intestine [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Muscle layer of small intestine [FMA entity]
- muscle layer of small intestine [UBERON concept]
- muscle layer of small intestine [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Muscle layer of small intestine [FMA entity]
- Small intestine muscularis propria structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- muscle layer of small intestine [UBERON concept]
- small intestine muscularis propria [SNOMED Notion]

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