National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Optic Disc

Synonyms

Optic Papilla

Optic Nerve Head

OPTIC DISC

Optic Disc

Optic Disk

Definitions

A portion of the retina at which the axons of the ganglion cells exit the eyeball to form the optic nerve. No light-sensitive photoreceptors are contained within this portion of the retina.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12760

ALT_DEFINITION

The portion of the retina at which the axons of the ganglion cells exit the eyeball to form the optic nerve.

code

C12760

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77529

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A portion of the retina at which the axons of the ganglion cells exit the eyeball to form the optic nerve. No light-sensitive photoreceptors are contained within this portion of the retina.

Display_Name

Optic Disc

FULL_SYN

Optic Papilla

Optic Nerve Head

OPTIC DISC

Optic Disc

Optic Disk

label

Optic Disc

Legacy Concept Name

Optic_Disc

Preferred_Name

Optic Disc

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C12760

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0029127

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13019

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