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MeSH Heading: Ankle Joint
Tree Number(s): A02.835.583.378.062
Unique ID: D000843
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000843
Annotation: primates only; differentiation from ANKLE
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.
Entry Term(s): Ankle Syndesmosis; Articulatio talocruralis; Distal Tibiofibular Joint; Inferior Tibiofibular Joint; Talocrural Joint; Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis; Tibiofibular Syndesmosis
See Also: Ankle
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
Entry Combination: injuries:Ankle Injuries
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24

Entry Combination: injuries:Ankle Injuries
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

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.
Terms: Ankle Joint Preferred Term
Term UI T002466
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Articulatio talocruralis
Term UI T438947
Date03/13/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Ankle Syndesmosis
Term UI T834556
Date12/19/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Talocrural Joint
Term UI T000913963
Date01/11/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Concept UI: M0579717
Scope Note: The joint that is formed between the TIBIA and FIBULA held together by ligaments.
Terms: Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis Preferred Term
Term UI T834558
Date12/19/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Distal Tibiofibular Joint
Term UI T000913966
Date01/11/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Inferior Tibiofibular Joint
Term UI T834555
Date12/19/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Tibiofibular Syndesmosis
Term UI T834557
Date12/19/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014)

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