loading...| Preferred Name |
corniculate cartilage |
| Synonyms |
Santorini's cartilage cartilagines corniculata cartilage of Santorini |
| Definitions |
The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of yellow elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially. They are situated in the posterior parts of the aryepiglottic folds of mucous membrane, and are sometimes fused with the arytenoid cartilages. [WP,unvetted]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001741 |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0225556 EMAPA:37484 FMA:55110 SCTID:278989005 NCIT:C32373 MA:0001885 Wikipedia:Corniculate_cartilages |
| definition |
The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of yellow elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially. They are situated in the posterior parts of the aryepiglottic folds of mucous membrane, and are sometimes fused with the arytenoid cartilages. [WP,unvetted]. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Gray952.png |
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| has exact synonym |
Santorini's cartilage cartilagines corniculata cartilage of Santorini |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0001741 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
corniculate cartilage |
| notation |
UBERON:0001741 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
corniculate cartilage |
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