ligament - CISMeF

Preferred Label : ligament;

Uberon definition : Dense regular connective tissue connecting two or more adjacent skeletal elements or supporting an organ.;

Uberon synonym : ligament organ;

Uberon Homology note : Compared with their Ediacarian predecessor, Cambrian animals in general were characterized by their much stouter bodies. The stoutness of the body is likely due to the formation of ligaments and tendons, which in turn requires the crosslinking of collagen triple helices.[well established][VHOG];

Details

Origin ID

0000211;

UMLS CUI

C0023685;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire ligament (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Ligament [FMA entity]
- Ligament organ [FMA entity]
- Ligamentitis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Structure of ligament (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ligament organ [Radlex concept]
- ligament organ [Radlex concept]
- ligaments [MeSH Descriptor]
- ligaments [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ligament [FMA entity]
- Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Set of ligaments [FMA entity]
- Structure of ligament (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ligament, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- ligaments [MeSH concept]
- ligaments [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire ligament (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Ligament [FMA entity]
- Ligament organ [FMA entity]
has part
- cartilago sesamoides [UBERON concept]

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