thoracic rib cage

Preferred Label : thoracic rib cage;

Uberon definition : Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all ribs in an organism connected to the sternum and the vertebrae. Some vertebrates have abdominal ribs (gastrialia), not connected to the vertebrate - these are not considered part of the rib case.;

Uberon synonym : thoracic cage; rib cage;

Details

Origin ID

0003252;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Rib Cage [MeSH concept]
- Rib Cage [MeSH Descriptor]
- Rib cage [FMA entity]
- Thoracic cage structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- thoracic cage [ICF N3 Element]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire thoracic cage (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Rib cage [FMA entity]
contributes to morphology of
- axial skeleton plus cranial skeleton [UBERON concept]
has part
- costotransverse joint [UBERON concept]
- intercostal space [UBERON concept]
- sternum [UBERON concept]
- thoracic rib cage [UBERON concept]
part of
- rib skeletal system [UBERON concept]
- thoracic rib cage [UBERON concept]
- thoracic skeleton [UBERON concept]

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