dorsal root ganglion

Preferred Label : dorsal root ganglion;

Definition : Sensory ganglia located on the dorsal spinal roots within the vertebral column. The spinal ganglion cells are pseudounipolar. The single primary branch bifurcates sending a peripheral process to carry sensory information from the periphery and a central branch which relays that information to the spinal cord or brain. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0017070;

Details

Origin ID

RID7447;

UMLS CUI

C0017070;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Dorsal Root Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Entire spinal nerve ganglion (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Spinal ganglion [FMA entity]
- Structure of spinal nerve ganglion (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- dorsal root ganglion [UBERON concept]
- ganglia, spinal [MeSH Descriptor]
- spinal ganglion, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Continuous with
- spinal nerve [Radlex concept]
FMA entity(ies)
- Spinal ganglion [FMA entity]
Part of
- posterior root of spinal nerve [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Dorsal Root Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Set of spinal ganglia [FMA entity]
- Spinal ganglion [FMA entity]
- Structure of spinal nerve ganglion (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- dorsal root ganglion [UBERON concept]
- ganglia, spinal [MeSH Descriptor]
- ganglia, spinal [MeSH concept]
- spinal ganglion, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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