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Descriptor English: Venous Valves
Descriptor Spanish: Válvulas Venosas
Descriptor válvulas venosas
Scope note: Repliegues de la íntima venosa, dispuestos en el interior de las VENAS, que permiten que la sangre fluya solamente en una dirección. Solamente existen en las venas de mediano tamaño que llevan la sangre hacia el corazón en contra de la gravedad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Válvulas Venosas
Descriptor French: Valves veineuses
Entry term(s): Valve, Venous
Valves, Venous
Venous Valve
Tree number(s): A07.015.908.950
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055422
Scope note: Flaps within the VEINS that allow the blood to flow only in one direction. They are usually in the medium size veins that carry blood to the heart against gravity.
Annotation: coordinate with specific vein term if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
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
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 52972
Unique ID: D055422
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Venous Valves - Preferred
Concept UI M0517574
Scope note Flaps within the VEINS that allow the blood to flow only in one direction. They are usually in the medium size veins that carry blood to the heart against gravity.
Preferred term Venous Valves
Entry term(s) Valve, Venous
Valves, Venous
Venous Valve



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