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retroperitoneal space

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003693


Anatomical space in the abdominal cavity behind (retro) the peritoneum. It has no specific delineating anatomical structures. Organs are retroperitoneal if they only have peritoneum on their anterior side. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroperitoneal_space ]

Synonyms: retroperitoneum, spatium retroperitoneale

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:15080
  • MESH:D012187
  • GAID:25
  • NCIT:C12298
  • Wikipedia:Retroperitoneal_space
  • SCTID:243983004
  • UMLS:C0035359 (ncithesaurus:Retroperitoneum)
  • CALOHA:TS-2337
  • EFO:0002806
Subsets

efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000007

retroperitoneal

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Gray1126.png

id

UBERON:0003693

prefLabel

Retroperitoneal space