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Descriptor English: Wrist Joint
Descriptor Spanish: Articulación de la Muñeca
Descriptor articulación de la muñeca
Entry term(s) articulación radiocarpiana
Scope note: Articulación condílea que conecta el radio y la superficie distal de un disco articular con los huesos escafoides, semilunar y piramidal. La articulación presenta cuatro ligamentos y permite todos los movimientos excepto la rotación. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.119)
Descriptor Portuguese: Articulação do Punho
Descriptor French: Articulation du poignet
Entry term(s): Joint, Wrist
Joints, Wrist
Wrist Joints
Tree number(s): A02.835.583.405.930
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014955
Scope note: The joint that is formed by the distal end of the RADIUS, the articular disc of the distal radioulnar joint, and the proximal row of CARPAL BONES; (SCAPHOID BONE; LUNATE BONE; triquetral bone).
Annotation: primates only; use CARPUS, ANIMAL for non-primate vertebrates; differentiate from wrist; wrist ganglion is indexed under WRIST (IM) + SYNOVIAL CYST (IM)
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
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: injuries:Wrist Injuries
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
DeCS ID: 15353
Unique ID: D014955
NLM Classification: WE 830
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Wrist Joint - Preferred
Concept UI M0023029
Scope note The joint that is formed by the distal end of the RADIUS, the articular disc of the distal radioulnar joint, and the proximal row of CARPAL BONES; (SCAPHOID BONE; LUNATE BONE; triquetral bone).
Preferred term Wrist Joint
Entry term(s) Joint, Wrist
Joints, Wrist
Wrist Joints



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