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Descriptor English: Cricoid Cartilage
Descriptor Spanish: Cartílago Cricoides
Descriptor cartílago cricoides
Scope note: Cartílago pequeño y grueso que forma la parte posterior e inferior de la pared laríngea.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cartilagem Cricoide
Descriptor French: Cartilage cricoïde
Entry term(s): Cartilage, Cricoid
Cartilages, Cricoid
Cricoid Cartilages
Tree number(s): A02.165.257.625.211
A02.165.407.500.211
A04.329.591.211
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003413
Scope note: The small thick cartilage that forms the lower and posterior parts of the laryngeal wall.
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
Previous Indexing: Laryngeal Cartilages (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES 1979-90
DeCS ID: 3431
Unique ID: D003413
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/19
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Cricoid Cartilage - Preferred
Concept UI M0005321
Scope note The small thick cartilage that forms the lower and posterior parts of the laryngeal wall.
Preferred term Cricoid Cartilage
Entry term(s) Cartilage, Cricoid
Cartilages, Cricoid
Cricoid Cartilages



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