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Descriptor English: Abdominal Wall
Descriptor Spanish: Pared Abdominal
Descriptor pared abdominal
Scope note: Límite externo del ABDOMEN, que se extiende desde la caja torácica osteocartilaginosa hasta la PELVIS. Aunque en su mayor parte es muscular, la pared abdominal está constituida por al menos siete capas: PIEL, grasa subcutánea, FASCIA profunda, MÚSCULOS ABDOMINALES, fascia transversal, grasa extraperitoneal y PERITONEO parietal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Parede Abdominal
Descriptor French: Paroi abdominale
Entry term(s): Wall, Abdominal
Tree number(s): A01.923.047.050
A01.923.112.125
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D034861
Scope note: The outer margins of the ABDOMEN, extending from the osteocartilaginous thoracic cage to the PELVIS. Though its major part is muscular, the abdominal wall consists of at least seven layers: the SKIN, subcutaneous fat, deep FASCIA; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat, and the parietal PERITONEUM.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
GD growth & development
IR innervation
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Abdominal Muscles (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see ABDOMINAL MUSCLES 1966-1992
History Note: 2003; use ABDOMINAL MUSCLES 1966-1992
Related: Abdominal Muscles MeSH
DeCS ID: 36499
Unique ID: D034861
NLM Classification: WE 757
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2016/06/01
Abdominal Wall - Preferred
Concept UI M0351760
Scope note The outer margins of the ABDOMEN, extending from the osteocartilaginous thoracic cage to the PELVIS. Though its major part is muscular, the abdominal wall consists of at least seven layers: the SKIN, subcutaneous fat, deep FASCIA; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat, and the parietal PERITONEUM.
Preferred term Abdominal Wall
Entry term(s) Wall, Abdominal



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