Valve of Kerckring

Preferred Label : Valve of Kerckring;

NCIt synonyms : Circular Fold;

NCIt definition : Circularly arranged folds of the mucosa and submucosa of the small intestine, which extend into the lumen, and which function to increase the absorptive surface area. They are most prominent in the jejunum and proximal ileum, and are generally absent in the proximal duodenum and distal ileum.;

Details

Origin ID

C33850;

UMLS CUI

C0227265;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Small Intestinal Mucosa [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire Kerckring's valve (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Circular fold of small intestine [FMA entity]
- Set of circular folds of small intestine [FMA entity]
- Structure of Kerckring's valve (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- circular fold of small intestine [Radlex concept]
- kerckring's valve [SNOMED Notion]
- set of circular folds of small intestine [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Circular fold of small intestine [FMA entity]
- Set of circular folds of small intestine [FMA entity]
- Structure of Kerckring's valve (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- circular fold of small intestine [Radlex concept]
- kerckring's valve [SNOMED Notion]
- set of circular folds of small intestine [Radlex concept]

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