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Body Regions > Extremities > Lower Extremity > Knee

Preferred term

Knee  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • use for primates only; use HINDLIMB for non-primate vertebrates; / inj = KNEE INJURIES but PATELLA / inj is also available; differentiate from KNEE JOINT

Scope note

  • A region of the lower extremity immediately surrounding and including the KNEE JOINT.

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007717

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