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Descriptor English: Ileocecal Valve
Descriptor Spanish: Válvula Ileocecal
Descriptor válvula ileocecal
Entry term(s) unión ileocecal
Scope note: Válvula entre el íleon y el ciego. Consta de dos valvas que hacen proyección hacia la luz del intestino grueso, inmediatamente por encima del apéndice vermiforme. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.1303)
Descriptor Portuguese: Valva Ileocecal
Descriptor French: Valvule iléocaecale
Entry term(s): Ileocecal Valves
Valve, Ileocecal
Valves, Ileocecal
Tree number(s): A03.556.124.684.249.400
A03.556.249.124.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007080
Scope note: The valve, at the junction of the CECUM with the COLON, that guards the opening where the ILEUM enters the LARGE INTESTINE.
Annotation: diseases: coord IM with ILEAL DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with ILEAL NEOPLASMS (IM); ileocecal intussusception or invagination: index under ILEOCECAL VALVE (IM) + INTUSSUSCEPTION (IM) + ILEAL DISEASES (IM) but not also CECAL DISEASES
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
DeCS ID: 7263
Unique ID: D007080
NLM Classification: WI 512
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Ileocecal Valve - Preferred
Concept UI M0011026
Scope note The valve, at the junction of the CECUM with the COLON, that guards the opening where the ILEUM enters the LARGE INTESTINE.
Preferred term Ileocecal Valve
Entry term(s) Ileocecal Valves
Valve, Ileocecal
Valves, Ileocecal



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