Biomaterial Database

[Diaphragmatic eventration or hernia]. 1955

G MORTIER

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009135	Muscular Diseases	Acquired, familial, and congenital disorders of SKELETAL MUSCLE and SMOOTH MUSCLE.	Muscle Disorders,Myopathies,Myopathic Conditions,Muscle Disorder,Muscular Disease,Myopathic Condition,Myopathy
D009141	Musculoskeletal System	The MUSCLES, bones (BONE AND BONES), and CARTILAGE of the body.	Musculoskeletal Systems,System, Musculoskeletal,Systems, Musculoskeletal
D003964	Diaphragm	The musculofibrous partition that separates the THORACIC CAVITY from the ABDOMINAL CAVITY. Contraction of the diaphragm increases the volume of the thoracic cavity aiding INHALATION.	Respiratory Diaphragm,Diaphragm, Respiratory,Diaphragms,Diaphragms, Respiratory,Respiratory Diaphragms
D003965	Diaphragmatic Eventration	A congenital abnormality characterized by the elevation of the DIAPHRAGM dome. It is the result of a thinned diaphragmatic muscle and injured PHRENIC NERVE, allowing the intra-abdominal viscera to push the diaphragm upward against the LUNG.	Eventration of Diaphragm,Diaphragm Eventration,Eventration, Diaphragmatic
D006548	Hernia, Diaphragmatic	Protrusion of abdominal structures into the THORAX as a result of congenital or traumatic defects in the respiratory DIAPHRAGM.	Diaphragmatic Hernia,Diaphragmatic Hernias,Hernias, Diaphragmatic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013896	Thoracic Diseases	Disorders affecting the organs of the thorax.	Disease, Thoracic,Diseases, Thoracic,Thoracic Disease