carotid sinus - CISMeF

Preferred Label : carotid sinus;

Definition : The dilated portion of the common carotid artery at its bifurcation into external and internal carotids. It contains baroreceptors which, when stimulated, cause slowing of the heart, vasodilatation, and a fall in blood pressure. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0007281;

Details

Origin ID

RID587;

UMLS CUI

C0007281;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Carotid sinus [FMA entity]
- Entire carotid sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of carotid sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- carotid sinus [UBERON concept]
- carotid sinus [MeSH concept]
- carotid sinus [MeSH Descriptor]
- carotid sinus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Part of
- arterial system [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Carotid sinus [FMA entity]
- Structure of carotid sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- carotid sinus [MeSH Descriptor]
- carotid sinus [MeSH concept]
- carotid sinus, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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