posterior semicircular canal

Preferred Label : posterior semicircular canal;

Uberon definition : The posterior semicircular canal is a part of the vestibular system and detects rotations of the head in the sagittal plane.;

Uberon related term : posterior semicircular canals; posterior semicircular duct; caudal vertical semicircular canal; pars superior of labyrinth;

Uberon Function note : detects angular acceleration;

Details

Origin ID

0001842;

UMLS CUI

C0229454;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire posterior semicircular canal (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Semicircular Canal [NCIt concept]
- Posterior semicircular canal [SNOMED Notion]
- Posterior semicircular canal [FMA entity]
- Structure of posterior semicircular canal (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of posterior semicircular duct (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior semicircular canal [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior semicircular duct [FMA entity]
- Structure of posterior semicircular duct (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior semicircular duct [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire posterior semicircular canal (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Semicircular Canal [NCIt concept]
- Posterior semicircular canal [FMA entity]
has part
- canalis semicircularis anterior [UBERON concept]
- dorsolateral septum [UBERON concept]
- epithelium of posterior semicircular canal [UBERON concept]
- posterior semicircular duct [UBERON concept]

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