Any of the rounded masses of lymphoid tissue that are surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue, are distributed along the lymphatic vessels, and contain numerous lymphocytes which filter the flow of lymph. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000784 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- EV:0100050
- TAO_RETIRED:0005318
- BTO:0000784
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_node
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0024204
- EFO:0000872
- NCIT:C12745
- VHOG:0001273
- MA:0000139
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181756000
- NCIT:C33027
- UMLS:C0024204 (ncithesaurus:Lymph_Node)
- CALOHA:TS-0579
- galen:Lymphnode
- EMAPA:35523
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwLPqLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- ZFA_RETIRED:0005318
- GAID:947
- FMA:5034
- MAT:0000442
- MESH:D008198
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
definition
- Any of the rounded masses of lymphoid tissue that are surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue, are distributed along the lymphatic vessels, and contain numerous lymphocytes which filter the flow of lymph.
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Illu_lymph_node_structure.png
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- lymph gland
- nodus lymphaticus
homology notes
- Lymph nodes that are associated with the lymphatic system have evolved in mammals.[well established][VHOG]
id
- UBERON:0000029
present in taxon
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
see also
- https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/650
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- organ and continuous with some lymphatic vessel and composed primarily of some lymphoid tissue
Subclass of:
- immune organ
- anatomical entity
- has part some medulla of lymph node
- has part some lymph
- continuous with some lymphatic vessel
- develops from some embryonic lymph sac
- has part some capsule of lymph node
- composed primarily of some lymphoid tissue
- in taxon some Mammalia
- part of some lymphoid system
- has part some cortex of lymph node
Related from:
part of
- medulla of lymph node
- cortex of lymph node
- lymph node follicle marginal zone
- trabecular sinus of lymph node
- venule of lymph node
- arteriole of lymph node
- high endothelial venule of lymph node
- trabecula of lymph node
- capsule of lymph node
- hilum of lymph node
- lymph node germinal center
- lymph node T cell domain
- lymph node B cell domain
- lymph node germinal center mantle zone
- afferent lymphatic vessel
- lymph node primary follicle
- lymph node secondary follicle
- lymph node follicle
- subcapsular sinus of lymph node
- lymph node endothelium