loading...| Preferred Name |
Macula |
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| Synonyms |
Macula Lutea MACULA Macula |
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| Definitions |
A yellowish, highly pigmented, oval shaped area slightly lateral to the center of the retina of the eye which contains the fovea centralis and is mostly comprised of retinal cones, for high-acuity vision, and which if damaged will result in the partial/complete loss of central vision. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C26464 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
An oval-shaped, yellow pigmented area located on the center of the retina, which contains a high density of cones for high-acuity vision. |
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| code |
C26464 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC |
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| DEFINITION |
A yellowish, highly pigmented, oval shaped area slightly lateral to the center of the retina of the eye which contains the fovea centralis and is mostly comprised of retinal cones, for high-acuity vision, and which if damaged will result in the partial/complete loss of central vision. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Macula Lutea MACULA Macula |
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| label |
Macula |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Macula_Lutea Macula |
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| NCI_META_CUI |
CL448500 |
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| Preferred_Name |
Macula |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C26464 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Anatomical Structure |
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| subClassOf |