Upper Esophageal Sphincter

Preferred Label : Upper Esophageal Sphincter;

NCIt synonyms : UES;

NCIt definition : A valve that is composed of muscles in the upper portion of the esophagus.;

Details

Origin ID

C33836;

UMLS CUI

C1451819;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Digestive System [NCIt concept]
- Esophagus [NCIt concept]
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver [ORDO Disease]
- upper esophageal sphincter [UBERON concept]
- upper esophageal sphincter [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- esophageal sphincter, upper [MeSH Descriptor]
- esophageal sphincter, upper [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Upper esophageal sphincter [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Upper esophageal sphincter [FMA entity]
- esophageal sphincter, upper [MeSH concept]
- esophageal sphincter, upper [MeSH Descriptor]
- upper esophageal sphincter [Radlex concept]
- upper esophageal sphincter [UBERON concept]

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