Body Structure

The 123037004 |Body structure (body structure)| subhierarchy includes both anatomical structures and morphologic abnormalities

Semantic tag	Example
Body structure	38033009 | Amputation stump (body structure) | 91134007 | Mitral valve structure (body structure) |
Morphologic abnormality	189955008 | Biopsy wound (morphologic abnormality) | 31470003 | Adenosarcoma (morphologic abnormality) |
Cell	250293008 | Agranular white blood cell (cell) | 57184004 | T lymphocyte (cell) |
Cell structure	4897009 | Cell membrane, prokaryotic (cell structure) | 362293000 | Entire axon (cell structure) |

The body structure domain includes anatomical structures, as well as morphologic abnormalities, as follows:

• Body structure (body structure)

  • Anatomical or acquired body structure (body structure)

  • Anatomical organizational pattern (body structure)

  • Anatomical site notations for tumor staging (body structure)

  • Body structure, altered from its original anatomical structure (morphologic abnormality)

  • Nonspecific site (body structure)

  • Normal anatomy (body structure)

  • Topography not assigned (body structure)

  • Topography unknown (body structure)

Tumor staging

Concepts under 258331007 | Anatomical site notations for tumor staging (body structure) | require review and reallocation.

Topics in this section

Body Structure Attributes SummaryAnatomical Concept ModelAnatomical Structure Naming ConventionsAnatomical Structure ModelingMorphologic Abnormality Modeling

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