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Descriptor English: Stifle
Descriptor Spanish: Rodilla de Cuadrúpedos
Descriptor rodilla de cuadrúpedos
Scope note: En caballos, ganado vacuno y otros cuadrúpedos, es la articulación entre el fémur y la tibia, correspondiéndose con la rodilla humana.
Descriptor Portuguese: Joelho de Quadrúpedes
Descriptor French: Grasset
Entry term(s): Stifles
Tree number(s): A13.473.683
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013264
Scope note: In horses, cattle, and other quadrupeds, the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding to the human knee.
Annotation: in quadrupeds, corresponds to the human knee
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
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HINDLIMB 1975-90
Online Note: search HINDLIMB 1968-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under HINDLIMB 1975-90
DeCS ID: 13651
Unique ID: D013264
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: 2004/07/13
Stifle - Preferred
Concept UI M0020534
Scope note In horses, cattle, and other quadrupeds, the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding to the human knee.
Preferred term Stifle
Entry term(s) Stifles



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