adrenal medulla

Preferred Label : adrenal medulla;

Uberon definition : the inner portion of the adrenal gland that consists mainly of chromaffin cells which produce, store and secrete neurotransmitters such as epinephrine and norepinephrine;

Uberon synonym : medulla (glandula suprarenalis); adrenal gland medulla; suprarenal medulla; medulla of adrenal gland; medulla of suprarenal gland;

Uberon related term : adrenal central medulla; medulla of glandula suprarenalis; chromaffin cells;

Uberon Homology note : All craniates have groups of cells homologous to the mammalian adrenocortical and chromaffin tissues (medulla), but they are scattered in and near the kidneys in fishes. (...) The cortical and chromaffin tissues come together to form adrenal glands in tetrapods.[well established][VHOG];

Details

Origin ID

0001236;

UMLS CUI

C0001629;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Adrenal Medulla [NCIt concept]
- Adrenal medulla [FMA entity]
- Adrenal medulla structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Adrenal medulla [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Adrenal medulla [ICHI extension code]
- Medulla of adrenal gland [ICD-O code]
- adrenal medulla [SNOMED Notion]
- adrenal medulla [MeSH Descriptor]
- adrenal medulla [MeSH concept]
- medulla of adrenal gland [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Adrenal Medulla [NCIt concept]
- Adrenal medulla [FMA entity]
- Adrenal medulla structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- adrenal medulla [MeSH concept]
- adrenal medulla [MeSH Descriptor]
- adrenal medulla [SNOMED Notion]
- medulla of adrenal gland [Radlex concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Adrenal Medulla [NCIt concept]
- Adrenal medulla [FMA entity]
- Entire adrenal medulla (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
contributes to morphology of
- adrenal gland [UBERON concept]
part of
- adrenal gland [UBERON concept]

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