sclera - CISMeF

Preferred Label : sclera;

Uberon definition : Opaque fibrous outer layer of the eyeball[ZFA,Kardong,WP].;

Uberon related term : scleral capsule;

Uberon Development note : Seko et al demonstrate chondrogenic potential and identify this as connective tissue[DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0003709].;

Uberon Structure note : continuous with the dura mater and the cornea; The sclera forms the posterior five-sixths of the connective tissue coat of the globe.;

Uberon Taxon note : in fish, reptiles and monotremes the connective tissue of the sclera is skeletal;

Details

Origin ID

0001773;

UMLS CUI

C0036410;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire sclera (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sclera [FMA entity]
- Sclera [NCIt concept]
- Sclera [LOINC System]
- Sclera [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Sclera [ICHI extension code]
- Sclera [ICHI extension code]
- Sclera [ICHI target]
- Scleral structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sclera [Radlex concept]
- sclera [MeSH Descriptor]
- sclera [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sclera [FMA entity]
- Sclera [LOINC System]
- Sclera [NCIt concept]
- Scleral structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sclera [MeSH concept]
- sclera [MeSH Descriptor]
- sclera [Radlex concept]
- sclera, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire sclera (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sclera [NCIt concept]
- Sclera [FMA entity]
adjacent to
- bulbar conjunctiva [UBERON concept]
- conjunctiva [UBERON concept]
- optic choroid [UBERON concept]
continuous with
- cornea [UBERON concept]
- dura mater [UBERON concept]
contributes to morphology of
- camera-type eye [UBERON concept]
develops from
- eye mesenchyme [UBERON concept]
has part
- layer of sclera [UBERON concept]
- sclera [UBERON concept]
- scleral cartilage [UBERON concept]
- scleral lamina cribrosa [UBERON concept]
part of
- sclera [UBERON concept]
- tunica fibrosa of eyeball [UBERON concept]

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