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Descriptor English: Knee
Descriptor Spanish: Rodilla
Descriptor rodilla
Entry term(s) genu
Scope note: Región de las extremidades inferiores que rodea e incluye la ARTICULACIÓN DE LA RODILLA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Joelho
Descriptor French: Genou
Entry term(s): Genoux
Tree number(s): A01.378.610.450
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007717
Scope note: A region of the lower extremity immediately surrounding and including the KNEE JOINT.
Annotation: use for primates only; use HINDLIMB for non-primate vertebrates; / inj = KNEE INJURIES but PATELLA / inj is also available; differentiate from KNEE JOINT
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
IR innervation
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
VI virologie
Entry Combination: injuries:Knee Injuries
DeCS ID: 7892
Unique ID: D007717
NLM Classification: WE 870
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: 2015/06/16
Genou - Preferred
Concept UI M0012066
Preferred term Genou
Entry term(s) Genoux



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