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Body Regions > Extremities > Lower Extremity > Ankle

Preferred term

Ankle  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Regio tarsalis
  • Tarsus

Note

  • primates only; use TARSUS, ANIMAL for non-primate vertebrates; differentiate from ANKLE JOINT; ANKLE BONES see TARSAL BONES is also available; do not confuse X ref TARSUS with tarsus or tarsal referring to the eyelid

Scope note

  • The region of the lower limb between the FOOT and the LEG.

History note

  • 1963; use ANKLE INJURIES to search ANKLE/injuries 1966-91

In other languages

  • nilkka

    Finnish

  • nilkat
  • tarsus
  • Vrist

    Swedish

  • Ankel
  • Fotled

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000842

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