Zona Pellucida

Preferred Label : Zona Pellucida;

NCIt definition : A thick layer of glycoprotein that surrounds the plasma membrane of the oocytes of mammals, and functions to protect the oocyte during growth and transport, assist with fertilization and spermatozoa binding, preventing polyspermy, facilitate blastocyst development, and prevent ectopic pregnancy.;

Details

Origin ID

C33896;

UMLS CUI

C0043519;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Oocyte [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- egg coat [GO term]
- zona pellucida [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- zona pellucida [MeSH Descriptor]
- zona pellucida [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Zona pellucida [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Zona pellucida [FMA entity]
- zona pellucida [UBERON concept]
- zona pellucida [MeSH concept]
- zona pellucida [MeSH Descriptor]

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