lymphatic vessel

Preferred Label : lymphatic vessel;

Uberon definition : A vessel that contains or conveys lymph, that originates as an interfibrillar or intercellular cleft or space in a tissue or organ, and that if small has no distinct walls or walls composed only of endothelial cells and if large resembles a vein in structure[BTO].;

Uberon synonym : lymph vessel;

Uberon Homology note : Tetrapods have evolved distinct lymphatic systems, in which lymphatic capillaries help drain most of the tissues of the body.[well established][VHOG];

Details

Origin ID

0001473;

UMLS CUI

C0229889;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire lymphatic vessel (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Lymphatic vessel [LOINC System]
- Lymphatic vessels [LOINC part]
- Lymphatic vessels [LOINC System]
- Lymphatics [LOINC System]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Lymphatic Vessel [NCIt concept]
- Lymphatic vessel [FMA entity]
- Lymphatic vessel [LOINC part]
- Lymphatic vessel [LOINC System]
- Set of lymphatic vessels [FMA entity]
- Structure of lymphatic vessel (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- lymphatic vessel [Radlex concept]
- lymphatic vessel, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- lymphatic vessels [ICF N3 Element]
- lymphatic vessels [MeSH concept]
- lymphatic vessels [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Lymphatic Vessel [NCIt concept]
- Lymphatic vessel [FMA entity]
- Lymphatic vessel [LOINC System]
- Lymphatic vessel [LOINC part]
- Lymphatic vessel [LOINC System]
- Lymphatic vessels [LOINC part]
- Lymphatic vessels [LOINC System]
- Lymphatics [LOINC System]
- Set of lymphatic vessels [FMA entity]
- Structure of lymphatic vessel (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- lymphatic vessel, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- lymphatic vessels [ICF N3 Element]
- lymphatic vessels [MeSH concept]
- lymphatic vessels [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire lymphatic vessel (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Lymphatic Vessel [NCIt concept]
- Lymphatic vessel [FMA entity]
continuous with
- lymph node [UBERON concept]
contributes to morphology of
- immune system [UBERON concept]
has part
- lumen of lymphatic vessel [UBERON concept]
- lymphatic valve [UBERON concept]
- lymphatic vessel endothelium [UBERON concept]
- lymphatic vessel smooth muscle [UBERON concept]
part of
- lymph vasculature [UBERON concept]

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