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Descriptor English: Humeral Head
Descriptor Spanish: Cabeza Humeral
Descriptor cabeza humeral
Entry term(s) cabeza del húmero
Scope note: Porción redondeada de la extremidad superior del húmero, que se aloja en la CAVIDAD GLENOIDEA de la ESCÁPULA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cabeça do Úmero
Descriptor French: Tête de l'humérus
Entry term(s): Humeral Heads
Humerus Head
Humerus Heads
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.087.090.400.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058430
Scope note: The upper rounded extremity of the humerus fitting into the GLENOID CAVITY of the SCAPULA.
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: Humerus (1964-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 53840
Unique ID: D058430
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Humeral Head - Preferred
Concept UI M0542307
Scope note The upper rounded extremity of the humerus fitting into the GLENOID CAVITY of the SCAPULA.
Preferred term Humeral Head
Entry term(s) Humeral Heads
Humerus Head
Humerus Heads



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