myenteric nerve plexus

Preferred Label : myenteric nerve plexus;

Uberon definition : One of two ganglionated neural networks which together form the enteric nervous system. The myenteric (Auerbach's) plexus is located between the longitudinal and circular muscle layers of the gut. Its neurons project to the circular muscle, to other myenteric ganglia, to submucosal ganglia, or directly to the epithelium, and play an important role in regulating and patterning gut motility.;

Uberon synonym : Auberbach plexus; Auerbach's plexus; Remak's plexus; Auberbach's plexus; myenteric plexus; Auberbachs plexus;

Uberon related term : plexus myentericus; Meissner's plexus; submucous plexus;

Details

Origin ID

0002439;

UMLS CUI

C0027028;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Auerbach plexus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Entire Auerbach's plexus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Myenteric Nerve Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Myenteric nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Structure of Auerbach's plexus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- auerbach's plexus [SNOMED Notion]
- myenteric plexus [MeSH Descriptor]
- myenteric plexus [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Myenteric Nerve Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Myenteric nerve plexus [FMA entity]
- Structure of Auerbach's plexus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- auerbach's plexus [SNOMED Notion]
- myenteric plexus [MeSH concept]
- myenteric plexus [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire Auerbach's plexus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Myenteric Nerve Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Myenteric nerve plexus [FMA entity]
contributes to morphology of
- enteric nervous system [UBERON concept]
part of
- muscle layer of intestine [UBERON concept]

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