reticular formation

Preferred Label : reticular formation;

Definition : A region extending from the pons & medulla oblongata through the mesencephalon, characterized by a diversity of neurons of various sizes and shapes, arranged in different aggregations and enmeshed in a complicated fiber network. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0035284;

Details

Origin ID

RID6746;

UMLS CUI

C0035284;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire reticular formation (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Reticular formation [ICHI extension code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Reticular formation [FMA entity]
- Reticular formation [ICD-11 Extension code]
- reticular formation [UBERON concept]
- reticular formation [MeSH Descriptor]
- reticular formation [MeSH concept]
FMA entity(ies)
- Reticular formation [FMA entity]
Part of
- pons [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Reticular formation [FMA entity]
- Reticular formation structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- reticular formation [MeSH Descriptor]
- reticular formation [MeSH concept]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- medullary reticular formation [UBERON concept]

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