rectal venous plexus

Preferred Label : rectal venous plexus;

Uberon definition : The hemorrhoidal plexus (or rectal venous plexus) surrounds the rectum, and communicates in front with the vesical venous plexus in the male, and the uterovaginal plexus in the female. A free communication between the portal and systemic venous systems is established through the hemorrhoidal plexus.;

Uberon related term : hemorrhoidal plexus; haemorrhoidal plexus;

Details

Origin ID

0008887;

UMLS CUI

C0226766;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire hemorrhoidal plexus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Rectal venous plexus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Rectal venous plexus [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Hemorrhoidal Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Structure of hemorrhoidal plexus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- hemorrhoidal plexus [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire hemorrhoidal plexus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Hemorrhoidal Plexus [NCIt concept]
- Rectal venous plexus [FMA entity]
surrounds
- rectum [UBERON concept]

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