Preferred Name |
meniscus |
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Synonyms |
articular disc |
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Definitions |
Crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous structure present in the knee, acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular, and temporomandibular joints[2] that, in contrast to articular disks, only partly divides a joint cavity.[3] A small meniscus also occurs in the radio-carpal joint. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000387 |
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composed primarily of | ||
database_cross_reference |
MESH:D000072600 UMLS:C0224498 Wikipedia:Meniscus_(anatomy) NCIT:C33096 galen:Meniscus BTO:0001592 EV:0100145 FMA:76690 |
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definition |
Crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous structure present in the knee, acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular, and temporomandibular joints[2] that, in contrast to articular disks, only partly divides a joint cavity.[3] A small meniscus also occurs in the radio-carpal joint. |
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has exact synonym |
articular disc |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0000387 |
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label |
meniscus |
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notation |
UBERON:0000387 |
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part_of | ||
prefLabel |
meniscus |
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