DeCS

Descriptor English:

Arthropods

Descriptor Spanish:

Artrópodos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	artrópodos
Scope note:	Miembros del filo Arthropoda del reino animal, compuesto de organismos que tienen un EXOESQUELETO duro y articulado y varios pares de patas articuladas. Comprende la clase INSECTOS y la subclase ARACHNIDA, muchas especies de las cuales son médicamente importantes como PARÁSITOS o como vectores de organismos que causan enfermedades en el hombre.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Artrópodes

Descriptor French:

Arthropodes

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.131

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001181

Scope note:

Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class INSECTS and the subclass ARACHNIDA, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

1188

Unique ID:

D001181

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2011/06/24