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Descriptor English: Leg
Descriptor Spanish: Pierna
Descriptor pierna
Entry term(s) piernas
Scope note: Parte inferior de la extremidad inferior comprendida entre la RODILLA y el TOBILLO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Perna (Membro)
Descriptor French: Jambe
Tree number(s): A01.378.610.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007866
Scope note: The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE.
Annotation: primates only but see note on LEG INJURIES; for whole leg or lower leg (THIGH is available for upper leg); for bones use TIBIA or FIBULA; Manual 21.58: table of human, primate & non-primate extremities
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
IR innervation
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
VI virologie
Entry Combination: injuries:Leg Injuries
Related: Membre pelvien MeSH
Os de la jambe MeSH
DeCS ID: 8044
Unique ID: D007866
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Jambe - Preferred
Concept UI M0012281
Preferred term Jambe



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