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Descriptor English: Acromion
Descriptor Spanish: Acromion
Descriptor acromion
Entry term(s) apófisis acromial
proceso acromial
Scope note: Prolongación lateral de la espina de la ESCÁPULA que constituye el punto más alto de la articulación del HOMBRO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Acrômio
Descriptor French: Acromion
Entry term(s): Acromion Process
Acromion Processes
Acromions
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.087.783.261
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000174
Scope note: The lateral extension of the spine of the SCAPULA and the highest point of the SHOULDER.
Annotation: fracture = ACROMION /inj + FRACTURES, BONE, not SHOULDER FRACTURES
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under SCAPULA 1975-90
Online Note: search SCAPULA 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under SCAPULA 1975-90
DeCS ID: 180
Unique ID: D000174
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Acromion - Preferred
Concept UI M0000263
Scope note The lateral extension of the spine of the SCAPULA and the highest point of the SHOULDER.
Preferred term Acromion
Entry term(s) Acromion Process
Acromion Processes
Acromions



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