Code | Name | Alternative Name | Description |
PH801 | Adipose tissue | | connective tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells distended by droplets of fat |
PH802 | Cartilage, elastic | | provides strength and elasticity; found in external ear, epiglottis and auditory tubes |
PH803 | Cartilage, fibrocartilage | | cushions and protects, such as intervertebral discs, pads in knee joints and pad between two pubic bones |
PH804 | Cartilage, hyaline | | most abundant cartilage in the body, providing flexibility and support |
PH805 | Cellulitis, acute, thigh muscle | | an acute, spreading infection of the deep tissues of the skin and muscle that causes the skin to become warm and tender |
PH806 | Chondroma | | tumour composed in part of cartilage |
PH807 | Clear cell sarcoma, muscle | | a cancer in a muscle |
PH808 | Collagenous fibre | white fibrous tissue | strong, flexible but only slightly elastic, found in tendons and ligaments |
PH809 | Fat necrosis, omentum | | a benign condition where fatty tissue swells or becomes tender, can occur spontaneously or as the result of an injury; here affecting the omentum (layers of peritoneum that give fat to abdomen) |
PH810 | Fibroma | | a benign (non-cancerous) tumour which consists of fibrous tissues or connective tissue |
PH811 | Fibrosarcoma | | a type of soft tissue sarcoma that begins in fibrous tissue, which holds bones, muscles, and other organs in place |
PH812 | Giant cell tumour, tendon | | a usually benign tumour where the cells look large under the micrscope microscope (produced by the fusion of many cells ) |
PH813 | Hyaline degeneration, muscle | | tissue degeneration in which structural elements of muscle cells are replaced by homogeneous translucent material |
PH814 | Inflammation, acute, omentum | | inflammation of a fold of the peritoneum (the thin tissue that lines the abdomen) that surrounds the stomach and other organs in the abdomen |
PH815 | Leiomyosarcoma, muscle | | a cancer composed in part of smooth muscle cells |
PH816 | Lipoma | | a benign tumour consisting of fatty or adipose tissue |
PH817 | Muscle, involuntary | | smooth muscles not ordinarily under the control of the will, activated by the autonomic nervous system |
PH818 | Muscle, voluntary | | muscle that can be made to contract or relax by conscious control |
PH818 | Muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic | | a group of heridtary diseases characterised by progressive degeneration and/or loss of muscle fibres without nervous system involvement |
PH819 | Myositis, muscle, from rheumatoid arthritis | | muscular inflammation caused by rheumatoid arthritis |
PH820 | Peritoneum | | the smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen |
PH821 | Peritonitis, intestine, acute | | inflammation of the smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen |
PH822 | Peritonitis, mesentery, acute | | acute inflammation of the mesentry (a fold of the peritoneum surrounding the small intestine and binding it to the posterior abdominal wall) |
PH823 | Spindle cell sarcoma | | a type of connective tissue cancer in which the cells are spindle-shaped when examined under a microscope |
PH824 | Spindle cell sarcoma with necrosis | | a type of connective tissue cancer in which the cells are spindle-shaped when examined under a microscope, showing tissue death |
PH825 | Synovial sarcoma, tendon | | a malignant tumour that develops in the synovial membrane of the joints |
