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Descriptor English: Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System
Descriptor Spanish: Sistema Músculo-Aponeurótico Superficial
Descriptor sistema musculoaponeurótico superficial
Scope note: Capa entre los compartimientos de grasa superficial y los músculos faciales superficiales en la cabeza y el cuello.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sistema Musculoaponeurótico Superficial
Descriptor French: Système musculo-aponévrotique superficiel
Entry term(s): Muscle, Platysma
Muscles, Platysma
Musculo-Aponeurotic System, Superficial
Musculo-Aponeurotic Systems, Superficial
Musculoaponeurotic System, Superficial
Musculoaponeurotic Systems, Superficial
Platysma Muscle
Platysma Muscles
Superficial Musculo Aponeurotic System
Superficial Musculo aponeurotic System (SMAS)
Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic System
Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic Systems
Superficial Musculo-aponeurotic System (SMAS)
Superficial Musculo-aponeurotic Systems (SMAS)
Superficial Musculoaponeurotic Systems
System, Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic
System, Superficial Musculo-aponeurotic (SMAS)
System, Superficial Musculoaponeurotic
Systems, Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic
Systems, Superficial Musculoaponeurotic
Tree number(s): A01.456.505.875
A01.598.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000069259
Scope note: Layer between the superficial fat compartment and superficial facial muscles in the head and the neck.
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: Face (1976-2015)
Neck (1976-2015)
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Related: Rhytidoplasty MeSH
DeCS ID: 55794
Unique ID: D000069259
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/09
Revision Date: 2015/07/08
Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System - Preferred
Concept UI M000605269
Scope note Layer between the superficial fat compartment and superficial facial muscles in the head and the neck.
Preferred term Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System
Entry term(s) Musculo-Aponeurotic System, Superficial
Musculo-Aponeurotic Systems, Superficial
Musculoaponeurotic System, Superficial
Musculoaponeurotic Systems, Superficial
Superficial Musculo Aponeurotic System
Superficial Musculo aponeurotic System (SMAS)
Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic System
Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic Systems
Superficial Musculo-aponeurotic System (SMAS)
Superficial Musculo-aponeurotic Systems (SMAS)
Superficial Musculoaponeurotic Systems
System, Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic
System, Superficial Musculo-aponeurotic (SMAS)
System, Superficial Musculoaponeurotic
Systems, Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic
Systems, Superficial Musculoaponeurotic
Platysma Muscle - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000605714
Preferred term Platysma Muscle
Entry term(s) Muscle, Platysma
Muscles, Platysma
Platysma Muscles



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