cusp of cardiac valve

Preferred Label : cusp of cardiac valve;

Uberon definition : The part of the heart valves that serves to seal the heart valves when closed. There are three cusps for each valve except for the mitral valve, which has only two (hence its alternate name, 'bicuspid valve'). 'Nodules' are located at the tip of the valve, to form a tighter seal[WP].;

Uberon synonym : cardiac valve cusp; semilunar valvule; cardial valve cusp; cardiac valvule; cardiac valvular cusp;

Details

Origin ID

0006009;

UMLS CUI

C0225923;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cardiac Valve Cusp [NCIt concept]
- Cusp of cardiac valve [FMA entity]
- Entire cardiac valve cusp (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of cardiac valve cusp (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of cardiac valve leaflet (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cardiac Valve Cusp [NCIt concept]
- Cusp of cardiac valve [FMA entity]
- Structure of cardiac valve cusp (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- cardiac valve cusp, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Cardiac Valve Cusp [NCIt concept]
- Cusp of cardiac valve [FMA entity]
- Entire cardiac valve cusp (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
part of
- cardial valve [UBERON concept]

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