sweat gland - CISMeF

Preferred Label : sweat gland;

Uberon definition : any of the coil glands of the skin that secrete sweat;

Uberon related term : glandula sudorifera; sudoriferous gland; sudoriparous gland;

Uberon Homology note : Sweat glands (also called sudoriferous glands) are unique to mammals.[well established][VHOG];

Uberon Taxon note : In humans a system of apocrine - and merocrine sweat glands is the main method of cooling. Many other mammals rely on panting or other means as a primary source of cooling, but still use sweat glands to aid in body temperature regulation;

Details

Origin ID

0001820;

UMLS CUI

C0038989;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Eccrine Sweat Gland [NCIt concept]
- Eccrine gland [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Sweat Gland [NCIt concept]
- Sweat gland [FMA entity]
- Sweat gland structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- eccrine glands [MeSH Descriptor]
- eccrine glands [MeSH concept]
- sweat glands [ICF N3 Element]
- sweat glands [MeSH Descriptor]
- sweat glands [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sweat Gland [NCIt concept]
- Sweat gland [FMA entity]
- Sweat gland structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sweat gland, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- sweat glands [ICF N3 Element]
- sweat glands [MeSH concept]
- sweat glands [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire sweat gland (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sweat Gland [NCIt concept]
- Sweat gland [FMA entity]
develops from
- sweat gland placode [UBERON concept]
produces
- sweat [UBERON concept]

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