DeCS

Descriptor English:

Acetabulum

Descriptor Spanish:

Acetábulo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	acetábulo
Entry term(s)	cavidad cotiloidea cótilo
Scope note:	Parte de la pelvis que comprende el acetábulo pélvico, donde se aloja la cabeza del FÉMUR para constituir la ARTICULACIÓN DE LA CADERA (articulación acetabulofemoral).

Descriptor Portuguese:

Acetábulo

Descriptor French:

Acétabulum

Entry term(s):

Cavité cotyloïde
Cotyle

Tree number(s):

A02.835.232.043.825.108

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000077

Scope note:

The part of the pelvis that comprises the pelvic socket where the head of FEMUR joins to form HIP JOINT (acetabulofemoral joint).

Annotation:

point of union of the 3 pelvic bones; do not confuse with HIP or HIP JOINT; fractures = ACETABULUM /inj (IM) + FRACTURES, BONE (IM); /surg: consider also ACETABULOPLASTY

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

Unique ID:

D000077

NLM Classification:

WE 760

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date: