cartilage of bronchus

Preferred Label : cartilage of bronchus;

Uberon definition : The hyaline cartilaginous structures that support the bronchi, present as irregular rings in the larger bronchi (and not as regular as in the trachea), and as small plates and islands in the smaller bronchi; as the branching continues through the bronchial tree, the amount of hyaline cartilage in the walls decreases until it is absent in the smallest bronchioles[MP].;

Uberon synonym : cartilage of bronchi; bronchial trunk cartilage; cartilage of bronchial trunk; bronchial cartilage; bronchial cartilage ring; bronchi cartilage; cartilagines bronchiales; bronchus cartilage;

Details

Origin ID

0001956;

UMLS CUI

C0225604;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Bronchus Cartilage [NCIt concept]
- Cartilage of bronchus [FMA entity]
- Entire bronchial cartilage (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of bronchial cartilage (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- bronchial cartilage [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Bronchus Cartilage [NCIt concept]
- Cartilage of bronchus [FMA entity]
- Structure of bronchial cartilage (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- bronchial cartilage [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Bronchus Cartilage [NCIt concept]
- Cartilage of bronchus [FMA entity]
- Entire bronchial cartilage (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
composed primarily of
- hyaline cartilage tissue [UBERON concept]
contributes to morphology of
- bronchus [UBERON concept]
part of
- bronchus [UBERON concept]

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