pectinate line

Preferred Label : pectinate line;

Uberon definition : The pectinate line (anocutaneous line, dentate line, anorectal junction) is a line which divides the upper 2/3rds and lower 1/3rd of the anal canal. Developmentally, this line represents the hindgut-proctodeum junction. It is an important anatomical landmark, and several distinctions can be made based upon the location of a structure relative to this line:;

Uberon synonym : pectinate line of anal canal;

Uberon related term : site of anal membrane; Hilton's 'white line'; dentate line; recto-anal junction;

Details

Origin ID

0006574;

UMLS CUI

C0821671;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Anocutaneous Line [NCIt concept]
- Pectinate Line [NCIt concept]
- Pectinate line [FMA entity]
- Pectinate line of anal canal [FMA entity]
- Structure of pectinate line of anal canal (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- pectineal line [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Location or Region [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pectinate Line [NCIt concept]
- Pectinate line [FMA entity]
Uberon cross reference
- Pectinate Line [NCIt concept]
- Pectinate line of anal canal [FMA entity]
- Structure of pectinate line of anal canal (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
adjacent to
- hindgut [UBERON concept]
- proctodeum [UBERON concept]
part of
- anal canal [UBERON concept]

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