Anatomy

Elbow

Region of the body immediately surrounding and including the ELBOW JOINT.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Region of the body immediately surrounding and including the ELBOW JOINT.

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15 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, diagnostic imaging, embryology, growth & development, innervation, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

use for primates only; use FORELIMB for non-primate vertebrates; differentiate from ELBOW JOINT

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Tree Number

  1. A01.378.800w.420w

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NLM Classification

WE 820

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Elbow. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004550. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004550
  2. Elbow. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow
  3. Elbow. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42586