loading...| Preferred Name |
Platelet |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12520 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
A tiny piece of a cell found in the blood that breaks off from a large cell found in the bone marrow. Platelets help wounds heal and prevent bleeding by forming blood clots. An irregular, disc-shaped structure in the blood that assists in blood clotting. Platelets are not blood cells, they are fragments of large bone marrow cells called megakaryocytes. (NCI) |
| code |
C12520 |
| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 |
| Contributing_Source |
CDISC |
| DEFINITION |
An irregular, disc-shaped element in the blood that assists in blood clotting. Platelets are not blood cells, they are fragments of large bone marrow cells called megakaryocytes. |
| Display_Name |
Blood Platelet |
| FULL_SYN |
Reticuloendothelial System, Platelets Deetjen Body Thrombocyte Bizzozero Corpuscle Thrombocytes Platelets |
| label |
Platelet |
| Legacy_Concept_Name |
Platelet |
| Preferred_Name |
Platelet |
| prefixIRI |
C12520 |
| prefLabel |
Platelet |
| Semantic_Type |
Cell |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0005821 |
| subClassOf |