Tonsillar Capsule

Preferred Label : Tonsillar Capsule;

NCIt definition : A thick, fibrous, partial capsule of dense connective tissue on the outer aspect of the palatine tonsil that anteroinferiorly adheres to the side of the tongue and forms its lateral boundary with the oropharyngeal wall.;

Details

Origin ID

C49788;

UMLS CUI

C0229875;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Palatine Tonsil [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire tonsillar capsule (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tonsil capsule [FMA entity]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Structure of tonsillar capsule (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- tonsillar capsule [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of tonsillar capsule (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tonsil capsule [FMA entity]
- tonsillar capsule [SNOMED Notion]

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