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Descriptor English: Semicircular Canals
Descriptor Spanish: Canales Semicirculares
Descriptor conductos semicirculares óseos
Entry term(s) conductos semicirculares del laberinto óseo
Scope note: Tres largos canales (anterior, posterior y lateral) del laberinto óseo. Están dispuestos en ángulo recto cada uno con respecto al otro y están situados en posición posterosuperior al vestíbulo del laberinto óseo (LABERINTO VESTIBULAR). Los canales semicirculares tienen cinco aberturas al vestíbulo, una de éstas compartida por los canales anterior y posterior. Dentro de estos canales están los CONDUCTOS SEMICIRCULARES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Canais Semicirculares
Descriptor French: Canaux semicirculaires osseux
Entry term(s): Canal, Semicircular
Canals, Semicircular
Semi-Circular Canals
Semicircular Canal
Tree number(s): A09.246.300.663
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012665
Scope note: Three long canals (anterior, posterior, and lateral) of the bony labyrinth. They are set at right angles to each other and are situated posterosuperior to the vestibule of the bony labyrinth (VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH). The semicircular canals have five openings into the vestibule with one shared by the anterior and the posterior canals. Within the canals are the SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS.
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: 27829
Unique ID: D012665
NLM Classification: WV 255
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Semicircular Canals - Preferred
Concept UI M0019635
Scope note Three long canals (anterior, posterior, and lateral) of the bony labyrinth. They are set at right angles to each other and are situated posterosuperior to the vestibule of the bony labyrinth (VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH). The semicircular canals have five openings into the vestibule with one shared by the anterior and the posterior canals. Within the canals are the SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS.
Preferred term Semicircular Canals
Entry term(s) Canal, Semicircular
Canals, Semicircular
Semi-Circular Canals
Semicircular Canal



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