tonsillar ring

Preferred Label : tonsillar ring;

Uberon definition : the circular lymphoid tissue formed by the lingual, pharyngeal, and facial tonsils;

Uberon synonym : Waldeyer's tonsillar ring; oropharyngeal lymphoid tissue; pharyngeal lymphoid ring; Waldeyer's ring; pharyngeal lymphatic ring;

Details

Origin ID

0001735;

UMLS CUI

C0459892;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire pharyngeal lymphoid ring (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Oropharyngeal Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Oropharyngeal lymphoid tissue [FMA entity]
- Tonsillar ring [FMA entity]
- Waldeyer Ring [NCIt concept]
- Waldeyer ring [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Waldeyer ring [ICD-O code]
- Waldeyer's ring [ICHI extension code]
- pharyngeal lymphoid ring [Radlex concept]
- waldeyer's ring [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Location or Region [UMLS semantic type]
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of pharyngeal lymphoid ring (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tonsillar ring [FMA entity]
- Waldeyer Ring [NCIt concept]
- Waldeyer ring [ICD-O code]
- waldeyer's ring [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire pharyngeal lymphoid ring (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tonsillar ring [FMA entity]
- Waldeyer Ring [NCIt concept]
has part
- tonsil [UBERON concept]
part of
- chordate pharynx [UBERON concept]

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