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perineum

region of the body including the perineal body and surrounding structures
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Summary

perineum is an organism subdivision type[1]. perineum ranks in the top 8% of organism subdivision type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,467 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Subclass of: subdivision of trunk proper[4], particular anatomical entity[5]
  • Part of: torso[6]
  • Commons category: Human anogenital area[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Perineum[8]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[9], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], New International Encyclopedia[13]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C33301[14]
  • Name in kana: えいん[15]
  • Different from: fibula[16]
  • Arterial supply: perineal artery[17]
  • Lymphatic drainage: Superficial inguinal lymph nodes[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Vital Articles[19]

Why It Matters

perineum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] perineum is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 360j1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · Bekipediya · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → torso
    Described by source → Gray's Anatomy (20th edition), Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Instance of → organism subdivision type, class of anatomical entity
    Language of work or name → Q9264
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q12829289 */"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → torso
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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