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Descriptor English: Knee Joint
Descriptor Spanish: Articulación de la Rodilla
Descriptor articulación de la rodilla
Scope note: Conexión formada por la articulación sinovial en bisagra, entre el FÉMUR, la TIBIA y la RÓTULA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Articulação do Joelho
Descriptor French: Articulation du genou
Entry term(s): Joint, Knee
Joint, Superior Tibiofibular
Joints, Knee
Joints, Superior Tibiofibular
Knee Joints
Superior Tibiofibular Joint
Superior Tibiofibular Joints
Tibiofibular Joint, Superior
Tibiofibular Joints, Superior
Tree number(s): A02.835.583.475
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007719
Scope note: A synovial hinge connection formed between the bones of the FEMUR; TIBIA; and PATELLA.
Annotation: primates only; differentiate from KNEE
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
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: injuries:Knee Injuries
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
DeCS ID: 7894
Unique ID: D007719
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16
Knee Joint - Preferred
Concept UI M0012068
Scope note A synovial hinge connection formed between the bones of the FEMUR; TIBIA; and PATELLA.
Preferred term Knee Joint
Entry term(s) Joint, Knee
Joint, Superior Tibiofibular
Joints, Knee
Joints, Superior Tibiofibular
Knee Joints
Superior Tibiofibular Joint
Superior Tibiofibular Joints
Tibiofibular Joint, Superior
Tibiofibular Joints, Superior



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