DeCS

Descriptor English:

Perineum

Descriptor Spanish:

Perineo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	perineo
Entry term(s)	periné
Scope note:	Parte del cuerpo situada por detrás del arco púbico y de los ligamentos arqueados, por delante del extremo del cóccix y a cada lado de las ramas inferiores del pubis, del isquion y de los ligamentos sacrociáticos mayores. El periné sostiene y rodea los segmentos distales de los aparatos urogenital y gastrointestinal del organismo. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.953)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Períneo

Descriptor French:

Périnée

Tree number(s):

A01.719

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010502

Scope note:

The body region lying between the genital area and the ANUS on the surface of the trunk, and to the shallow compartment lying deep to this area that is inferior to the PELVIC DIAPHRAGM. The surface area is between the VULVA and the anus in the female, and between the SCROTUM and the anus in the male.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

10693

Unique ID:

D010502

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2010/06/25