cecum - CISMeF

Preferred Label : cecum;

Definition : The blind sac or outpouching area of the large intestine that is below the entrance of the small intestine. It has a worm-like extension, the vermiform appendix. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0007531;

Details

Origin ID

RID154;

UMLS CUI

C0007531;

Continuous with
- wall of ascending colon [Radlex concept]
FMA entity(ies)
- Cecum [FMA entity]
Has constitutional part(s)
- lumen of cecum [Radlex concept]
- wall of cecum [Radlex concept]
Has part(s)
- cecal bascule [Radlex concept]
- cecal caput [Radlex concept]
- cecum proper [Radlex concept]
- ileocecal junction [Radlex concept]
Part of
- gastrointestinal tract [Radlex concept]
- large intestine [Radlex concept]
- lower gastrointestinal tract [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cecum [NCIt concept]
- Cecum [FMA entity]
- Cecum structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- caecum [UBERON concept]
- cecum [MeSH Descriptor]
- cecum [MeSH concept]
- cecum, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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