posterior auricular vein

Preferred Label : posterior auricular vein;

Uberon definition : The posterior auricular vein begins upon the side of the head, in a plexus which communicates with the tributaries of the occipital vein and superficial temporal veins. It descends behind the auricula, and joins the posterior division of the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular. It receive the stylomastoid vein, and some tributaries from the cranial surface of the auricula.;

Details

Origin ID

0006199;

UMLS CUI

C0226544;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire posterior auricular vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Auricular Vein [NCIt concept]
- Posterior auricular vein [FMA entity]
- Posterior auricular vein [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Posterior auricular vein [ICHI extension code]
- Structure of posterior auricular vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior auricular vein [Radlex concept]
- posterior auricular vein [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior Auricular Vein [NCIt concept]
- Posterior auricular vein [FMA entity]
- Structure of posterior auricular vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior auricular vein [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire posterior auricular vein (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Auricular Vein [NCIt concept]
- Posterior auricular vein [FMA entity]

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