inguinal canal

Preferred Label : inguinal canal;

MeSH definition : The tunnel in the lower anterior ABDOMINAL WALL through which the SPERMATIC CORD, in the male; ROUND LIGAMENT, in the female; nerves; and vessels pass. Its internal end is at the deep inguinal ring and its external end is at the superficial inguinal ring.;

MeSH synonym : canals, inguinal; inguinal canals; canal, inguinal;

MeSH hyponym : inguinal ring; Inguinal Rings; Ring, Inguinal; Rings, Inguinal;

MeSH annotation : internal canal only: do not confuse with GROIN, external only;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inguinal canal;

Details

Origin ID

D007264;

UMLS CUI

C0021445;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire inguinal canal (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire inguinal ring (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Inguinal canal [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Inguinal canal [ICHI extension code]
- Inguinal ring [FMA entity]
- Structure of inguinal ring (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- digestive [ICPC-2 Chapter]
- inguinal canal [UBERON concept]
- inguinal canal [Radlex concept]
- inguinal ring [UBERON concept]
- inguinal ring, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Inguinal Canal [NCIt concept]
- Inguinal canal [FMA entity]
- Inguinal canal structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- inguinal canal, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- inguinal canal [MeSH concept]
- inguinal ring [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Location or Region [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Inguinal Canal [NCIt concept]
- Inguinal canal [FMA entity]
- Inguinal canal structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- inguinal canal [Radlex concept]
- inguinal canal [UBERON concept]
- inguinal canal, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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