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Descriptor English: Umbilicus
Descriptor Spanish: Ombligo
Descriptor ombligo
Scope note: Fosita localizada en el centro de la PARED ABDOMINAL que marca el punto donde se unían el CORDÓN UMBILICAL y el FETO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Umbigo
Descriptor French: Ombilic
Tree number(s): A01.923.047.849
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014472
Scope note: The pit in the center of the ABDOMINAL WALL marking the point where the UMBILICAL CORD entered in the FETUS.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
GD growth & development
IN injuries
IR innervation
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
VI virology
Consider Also: consider also terms at OMPHALO- (navel)
DeCS ID: 14871
Unique ID: D014472
NLM Classification: WE 757
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Umbilicus - Preferred
Concept UI M0022248
Scope note The pit in the center of the ABDOMINAL WALL marking the point where the UMBILICAL CORD entered in the FETUS.
Preferred term Umbilicus



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