cavernous sinus

Preferred Label : cavernous sinus;

Uberon definition : The cavernous sinus (or lateral sellar compartment), within the human head, is a large collection of thin-walled veins creating a cavity bordered by the temporal bone of the skull and the sphenoid bone, lateral to the sella turcica.;

Uberon related term : cavernous sinuses; cavernous sinus syndrome; parasellar syndrome; cavernus sinus vein; cavernous; sinus cavernosus;

Details

Origin ID

0003712;

UMLS CUI

C0007473;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cavernous Sinus [NCIt concept]
- Cavernous sinus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Cavernous sinus [FMA entity]
- Entire cavernous sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of cavernous sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cavernous sinus [SNOMED Notion]
- cavernous sinus [Radlex concept]
- cavernous sinus [MeSH Descriptor]
- cavernous sinus [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cavernous Sinus [NCIt concept]
- Cavernous sinus [FMA entity]
- Structure of cavernous sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cavernous sinus [MeSH concept]
- cavernous sinus [MeSH Descriptor]
- cavernous sinus [SNOMED Notion]
- cavernous sinus [Radlex concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Cavernous Sinus [NCIt concept]
- Cavernous sinus [FMA entity]
- Entire cavernous sinus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
has part
- canal of Schlemm [UBERON concept]
- central retinal vein [UBERON concept]
- naso-frontal vein [UBERON concept]
- superficial middle cerebral vein [UBERON concept]

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