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Descriptor English: Shoulder
Descriptor Spanish: Hombro
Descriptor hombro
Scope note: Parte del cuerpo, en los humanos y primates, donde los brazos se unen con el tronco. El hombro posee cinco articulaciones: la articulación ACROMIOCLAVICULAR, la CORACOCLAVICULAR, la GLENOHUMERAL, la escapulotorácica y la ESTERNOCLAVICULAR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ombro
Descriptor French: Épaule
Entry term(s): Shoulders
Tree number(s): A01.378.800.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012782
Scope note: Part of the body in humans and primates where the arms connect to the trunk. The shoulder has five joints; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR joint, CORACOCLAVICULAR joint, GLENOHUMERAL joint, scapulathoracic joint, and STERNOCLAVICULAR joint.
Annotation: use for humans and other vertebrates; differentiate from SHOULDER JOINT
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
GD growth & development
IR innervation
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
VI virology
Entry Combination: injuries:Shoulder Injuries
lesões:Lesões do Ombro
Public MeSH Note: SHOULDER ARTHROSES was heading 1963-64
History Note: SHOULDER ARTHROSES was heading 1963-64
DeCS ID: 13163
Unique ID: D012782
NLM Classification: WE 810
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/01/20
Shoulder - Preferred
Concept UI M0019800
Scope note Part of the body in humans and primates where the arms connect to the trunk. The shoulder has five joints; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR joint, CORACOCLAVICULAR joint, GLENOHUMERAL joint, scapulathoracic joint, and STERNOCLAVICULAR joint.
Preferred term Shoulder
Entry term(s) Shoulders



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