epicardium - CISMeF

Preferred Label : epicardium;

Uberon definition : a region of the serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.;

Uberon synonym : visceral serous pericardium of heart; heart epicardium; visceral serous pericardium proper;

Uberon related term : pericardium visceral mesothelium;

Uberon Function note : The visceral pericardium apparently produces the pericardial fluid, which lubricates motion between the inner and outer layers of the pericardium. During ventricular contraction, the wave of depolarization moves from endocardial to epicardial surface. [Wikipedia:Epicardium];

Details

Origin ID

0002348;

UMLS CUI

C0225968;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire heart, heart or great vessel, unspecified [ICHI target]
- Epicardium [FMA entity]
- Epicardium [NCIt concept]
- Epicardium [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Epicardium [ICHI extension code]
- Structure of visceral pericardium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- epicardium [Radlex concept]
- pericardium [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Epicardium [FMA entity]
- Epicardium [NCIt concept]
- Epicardium [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of visceral pericardium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- epicardium [Radlex concept]
- visceral pericardium [MeSH concept]
- visceral pericardium [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Epicardium [NCIt concept]
- Epicardium [FMA entity]
adjacent to
- epicardial fat [UBERON concept]
attaches to
- myocardium [UBERON concept]
develops from
- proepicardium [UBERON concept]
has part
- epicardium [UBERON concept]
- subepicardial layer of epicardium [UBERON concept]
part of
- epicardium [UBERON concept]
- heart [UBERON concept]
- visceral serous pericardium [UBERON concept]

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