Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Joints > Hand Joints > Wrist Joint > Triangular Fibrocartilage
Tissues > Connective Tissue > Cartilage > Fibrocartilage > Triangular Fibrocartilage
Musculoskeletal System > Cartilage > Fibrocartilage > Triangular Fibrocartilage

Preferred term

Triangular Fibrocartilage  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Fibrocartilage that makes up the triangular fibrocartilage complex which is found in the WRIST JOINT. Ligamentous and cartilaginous structures that suspend the distal RADIUS and ulnar CARPAL BONES from the distal ULNA. It is the main stabilizer of distal radioulnar joint (WRIST JOINT).

In other languages

  • French

  • Disque articulaire de l'articulation radio-ulnaire distale
  • Disque articulaire de l'articulation radioulnaire distale
  • Fibro-cartilage triangulaire
  • Ligament triangulaire du poignet

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z7TX9VRV-N

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 6/30/05, last modified 2/24/17