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Descriptor English: Zygapophyseal Joint
Descriptor Spanish: Articulación Cigapofisaria
Descriptor articulación cigapofisaria
Entry term(s) articulaciones cigapofisarias
articulación facetaria
articulación interapofisaria
articulación interfacetaria
Scope note: Articulación localizada entre las facetas interior y superior de las apófisis articulares de VÉRTEBRAS adyacentes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Articulação Zigapofisária
Descriptor French: Articulation zygapophysaire
Entry term(s): Facet Joint
Facet Joints
Joint, Facet
Joint, Zygapophyseal
Joint, Zygapophysial
Joints, Facet
Joints, Zygapophyseal
Joints, Zygapophysial
Zygapophyseal Joints
Zygapophysial Joint
Zygapophysial Joints
Tree number(s): A02.835.583.979
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D021801
Scope note: The joint that occurs between facets of the interior and superior articular processes of adjacent VERTEBRAE.
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
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Joints (1966-2000)
Public MeSH Note: 2001
History Note: 2001
DeCS ID: 35259
Unique ID: D021801
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2001/01/01
Date of Entry: 2000/06/22
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Zygapophyseal Joint - Preferred
Concept UI M0355508
Scope note The joint that occurs between facets of the interior and superior articular processes of adjacent VERTEBRAE.
Preferred term Zygapophyseal Joint
Entry term(s) Facet Joint
Facet Joints
Joint, Facet
Joint, Zygapophyseal
Joint, Zygapophysial
Joints, Facet
Joints, Zygapophyseal
Joints, Zygapophysial
Zygapophyseal Joints
Zygapophysial Joint
Zygapophysial Joints



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