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Descriptor English: Coccyx
Descriptor Spanish: Cóccix
Descriptor cóccix
Entry term(s) coxis
vértebra caudal
vértebras caudales
Scope note: Último hueso de la COLUMNA VERTEBRAL en los primates sin cola, considerado como un vestigio del hueso de la cola y que consta de entre tres y cinco VÉRTEBRAS fusionadas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cóccix
Descriptor French: Coccyx
Entry term(s): Caudal Vertebra
Caudal Vertebrae
Caudal Vertebras
Vertebra, Caudal
Vertebrae, Caudal
Vertebras, Caudal
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.834.229
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003050
Scope note: The last bone in the VERTEBRAL COLUMN in tailless primates considered to be a vestigial tail-bone consisting of three to five fused VERTEBRAE.
Annotation: do not confuse with COCCYGEAL REGION
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
Related: Tail MeSH
DeCS ID: 3079
Unique ID: D003050
NLM Classification: WE 750
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: 2020/02/21
Coccyx - Preferred
Concept UI M0004681
Scope note The last bone in the VERTEBRAL COLUMN in tailless primates considered to be a vestigial tail-bone consisting of three to five fused VERTEBRAE.
Preferred term Coccyx
Caudal Vertebrae - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000681770
Preferred term Caudal Vertebrae
Entry term(s) Caudal Vertebra
Caudal Vertebras
Vertebra, Caudal
Vertebrae, Caudal
Vertebras, Caudal



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