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Descriptor English: Ankle Joint
Descriptor Spanish: Articulación del Tobillo
Descriptor articulación del tobillo
Entry term(s) articulación talocrural
articulación tibioperonea distal
sindesmosis tibiofibular del tobillo
Scope note: Articulación formada por la superficie articular inferior y maleolar de la TIBIA, la superficie articular maleolar de la FÍBULA o peroné y las superficies maleolares medial, lateral y superior del ASTRÁGALO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Articulação do Tornozelo
Descriptor French: Articulation talocrurale
Entry term(s): Ankle Joints
Ankle Syndesmoses
Ankle Syndesmosis
Ankle Syndesmosis, Tibiofibular
Articulatio talocruralis
Distal Tibiofibular Joint
Distal Tibiofibular Joints
Inferior Tibiofibular Joint
Inferior Tibiofibular Joints
Joint, Ankle
Joints, Ankle
Syndesmosis, Ankle
Talocrural Joint
Talocrural Joints
Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmoses
Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis
Tibiofibular Joint, Distal
Tibiofibular Syndesmoses
Tibiofibular Syndesmosis
Tree number(s): A02.835.583.378.062
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000843
Scope note: The joint that is formed by the inferior articular and malleolar articular surfaces of the TIBIA; the malleolar articular surface of the FIBULA; and the medial malleolar, lateral malleolar, and superior surfaces of the TALUS.
Annotation: primates only; differentiation from ANKLE
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:Ankle Injuries
Public MeSH Note: 65; /injuries was ANKLE JOINT/injuries 1965-91
Online Note: use ANKLE INJURIES to search ANKLE JOINT/injuries 1966-91
History Note: 65; /injuries was ANKLE JOINT/injuries 1965-91
Related: Ankle MeSH
DeCS ID: 857
Unique ID: D000843
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Ankle Joint - Preferred
Concept UI M0001253
Scope note The joint that is formed by the inferior articular and malleolar articular surfaces of the TIBIA; the malleolar articular surface of the FIBULA; and the medial malleolar, lateral malleolar, and superior surfaces of the TALUS.
Preferred term Ankle Joint
Entry term(s) Ankle Joints
Ankle Syndesmoses
Ankle Syndesmosis
Articulatio talocruralis
Joint, Ankle
Joints, Ankle
Syndesmosis, Ankle
Talocrural Joint
Talocrural Joints
Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0579717
Scope note The joint that is formed between the TIBIA and FIBULA held together by ligaments.
Preferred term Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis
Entry term(s) Ankle Syndesmosis, Tibiofibular
Distal Tibiofibular Joint
Distal Tibiofibular Joints
Inferior Tibiofibular Joint
Inferior Tibiofibular Joints
Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmoses
Tibiofibular Joint, Distal
Tibiofibular Syndesmoses
Tibiofibular Syndesmosis



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