epiglottic cartilage
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001742
The most superior of the laryngeal cartilages, which is found at the root of the tongue and folds back over the entrance to the larynx during swallowing. [ MP:0002259 ]
Term info
database cross reference
- SCTID:278990001
- UMLS:C0458526 (ncithesaurus:Epiglottic_Cartilage)
- NCIT:C32526
- EMAPA:37522 (MA:th)
- MA:0001763
- FMA:55112
Subsets
uberon_slim
UBPROP 0000012
laryngeal cartilage in MP
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0001742
prefLabel
Epiglottic cartilage
Term relations
Subclass of:
- digestive system element
- laryngeal cartilage
- composed primarily of some elastic cartilage tissue
- part of some epiglottis