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Perineum

"Perineum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The body region lying between the genital area and the ANUS on the surface of the trunk, and to the shallow compartment lying deep to this area that is inferior to the PELVIC DIAPHRAGM. The surface area is between the VULVA and the anus in the female, and between the SCROTUM and the anus in the male.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Perineum" by people in this website by year, and whether "Perineum" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 24 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2014 and 2015
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