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Descriptor English: Ischium
Descriptor Spanish: Isquion
Descriptor isquion
Scope note: Uno de los tres huesos que conforman el hueso coxal del anillo pélvico. En los cuadrúpedos es la parte de la pelvis que se proyecta hacia atrás en la zona ventral y, en los primates, soporta el peso del animal sentado.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ísquio
Descriptor French: Ischium
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.043.825.548
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007512
Scope note: One of three bones that make up the coxal bone of the pelvic girdle. In tetrapods, it is the part of the pelvis that projects backward on the ventral side, and in primates, it bears the weight of the sitting animal.
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: 7679
Unique ID: D007512
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Ischium - Preferred
Concept UI M0011735
Scope note One of three bones that make up the coxal bone of the pelvic girdle. In tetrapods, it is the part of the pelvis that projects backward on the ventral side, and in primates, it bears the weight of the sitting animal.
Preferred term Ischium



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