posterior cranial fossa

Preferred Label : posterior cranial fossa;

Uberon definition : The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE.;

Uberon broad term : posterior fossa;

Details

Origin ID

0008788;

UMLS CUI

C0010265;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire posterior fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Cranial Fossa [NCIt concept]
- Posterior cranial fossa [FMA entity]
- Posterior fossa [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Posterior fossa [ICHI extension code]
- Posterior fossa [LOINC part]
- Posterior fossa [LOINC System]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH concept]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH Descriptor]
- posterior cranial fossa [Radlex concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Posterior fossa [LOINC System]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior Cranial Fossa [NCIt concept]
- Posterior cranial fossa [FMA entity]
- Structure of posterior fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH concept]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH Descriptor]
- posterior fossa of cranial cavity [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Posterior Cranial Fossa [NCIt concept]
- Posterior cranial fossa [FMA entity]
has part
- groove for sigmoid sinus [UBERON concept]
location of
- clivus of occipital bone [UBERON concept]

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