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Descriptor English: Achilles Tendon
Descriptor Spanish: Tendón Calcáneo
Descriptor tendón calcáneo
Entry term(s) tendón de Aquiles
Scope note: Tendón que conecta los músculos de la parte posterior de la pantorrilla con el CALCÁNEO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tendão do Calcâneo
Descriptor French: Tendon calcanéen
Entry term(s): Calcaneal Tendon
Calcaneal Tendons
Tendo Calcaneus
Tendon, Achilles
Tendon, Calcaneal
Tendons, Calcaneal
Tree number(s): A02.880.176
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000125
Scope note: Tendon that connects the muscles in the back of the calf to the HEEL BONE.
Annotation: rupture: coordinate ACHILLES TENDON /inj with RUPTURE
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
DeCS ID: 134
Unique ID: D000125
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/05
Achilles Tendon - Preferred
Concept UI M0000199
Scope note Tendon that connects the muscles in the back of the calf to the HEEL BONE.
Preferred term Achilles Tendon
Entry term(s) Calcaneal Tendon
Calcaneal Tendons
Tendo Calcaneus
Tendon, Achilles
Tendon, Calcaneal
Tendons, Calcaneal



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