canal of Schlemm

Preferred Label : canal of Schlemm;

Uberon definition : The vascular structure encircling the anterior chamber of the eye, through which the aqueous humor is returned to the blood circulation;

Uberon synonym : sinus venosus of sclera; scleral venous sinus; Schlemm's canal; scleral sinus;

Details

Origin ID

0004029;

UMLS CUI

C0229108;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire sinus venosus of sclera (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Schlemm's Canal [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Canal of Schlemm [NCIt concept]
- Schlemm's Canal [MeSH Descriptor]
- Scleral venous sinus [FMA entity]
- Structure of sinus venosus of sclera (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- scleral venous sinus [Radlex concept]
- sinus venosus of sclera [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Canal of Schlemm [NCIt concept]
- Schlemm's Canal [MeSH Descriptor]
- Scleral venous sinus [FMA entity]
- Structure of sinus venosus of sclera (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sinus venosus of sclera [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Canal of Schlemm [NCIt concept]
- Entire sinus venosus of sclera (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Scleral venous sinus [FMA entity]
part of
- aqueous drainage system [UBERON concept]
- cavernous sinus [UBERON concept]
tributary of
- cavernous sinus [UBERON concept]

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