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Descriptor English:

Urachus

Descriptor Spanish:

Uraco

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	uraco
Scope note:	Estructura embrionaria que se origina en el ALANTOIDES. Es un canal que conecta la VEJIGA URINARIA fetal y el OMBLIGO. Normalmente se convierte en un cordón fibroso después del nacimiento. Si no se oblitera (uraco persistente), fluye orina a través del ombligo.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Úraco

Descriptor French:

Ouraque

Tree number(s):

A16.890

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014497

Scope note:

An embryonic structure originating from the ALLANTOIS. It is a canal connecting the fetal URINARY BLADDER and the UMBILICUS. It is normally converted into a fibrous cord postnatally. When the canal fails to be filled and remains open (patent urachus), urine leaks through the umbilicus.

Annotation:

patent urachus: index under URACHUS /abnorm: do not confuse with URACHAL CYST

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

14896

Unique ID:

D014497

NLM Classification:

WQ 210.5

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01