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Descriptor English: Myotendinous Junction
Descriptor Spanish: Unión Miotendinosa
Descriptor unión miotendinosa
Entry term(s) unión musculotendinosa
Scope note: Interfase especializada entre el músculo y el tendón a través de la cual se transmite la mayor parte de la fuerza contráctil. Consiste en plegamientos superficiales elaborados denominados interdigitaciones que implican a la MATRIZ EXTRACELULAR y a los SARCÓMEROS terminales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Junção Miotendínea
Descriptor French: Jonction musculotendineuse
Entry term(s): Junction, Musculotendinous
Junction, Myotendinous
Musculotendinous Junction
Musculotendinous Junctions
Myotendinous Junctions
Tree number(s): A02.734
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000094364
Scope note: A specialized interface between muscle and tendon through which most contractile force is transmitted. It consists of elaborate surface folding called interdigitations involving EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX and terminal SARCOMERES.
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: Muscle, Skeletal (1973-2022)
Tendons (1970-2022)
Public MeSH Note: 2023
History Note: 2023
DeCS ID: 60230
Unique ID: D000094364
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Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/12
Revision Date: 2022/07/12
Myotendinous Junction - Preferred
Concept UI M000755890
Scope note A specialized interface between muscle and tendon through which most contractile force is transmitted. It consists of elaborate surface folding called interdigitations involving EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX and terminal SARCOMERES.
Preferred term Myotendinous Junction
Entry term(s) Junction, Musculotendinous
Junction, Myotendinous
Musculotendinous Junction
Musculotendinous Junctions
Myotendinous Junctions



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