Nasal Turbinate

Preferred Label : Nasal Turbinate;

NCIt related terms : Nasoturbinate; Nasal Concha; Nasal turbinate structure (body structure);

NCIt definition : One of three (Inferior, Middle, Superior) paired bony shelves located within the nasal cavity through which inhaled air is taken into the nasopharynx. It is lined with ciliated, pseudostratified columnar epithelium and functions to humidify, heat, and filter incoming air, as well as protecting the olfactory bulb and sinuses from incorrectly pressurized incoming air.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: The bone that protrudes into the nasal cavity from the skull, variably covered by respiratory, transitional or olfactory epithelium.;

Codes from synonyms : 46607005;

Details

Origin ID

C49594;

UMLS CUI

C5441863;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
- Skeletal System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Nasal turbinate [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Nasal turbinate [ICHI extension code]
- Nasal turbinate bone structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasal turbinate part (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- nasal turbinal [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Nasal concha [FMA entity]
- Nasal turbinate structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- nasal turbinate [Radlex concept]
- nasal turbinate, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- turbinates [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Nasal concha [FMA entity]
- Nasal turbinate bone structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasal turbinate structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- nasal turbinate [Radlex concept]
- nasal turbinate, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- turbinate bone [UBERON concept]
- turbinates [MeSH concept]
- turbinates [MeSH Descriptor]
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- Nasal Cavity [NCIt concept]
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- CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- mCode Radiotherapy Treatment Location Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Terminology [NCIt concept]

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