DeCS

Descriptor English:

Respiratory System

Descriptor Spanish:

Sistema Respiratorio

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	sistema respiratorio
Entry term(s)	aparato respiratorio tracto respiratorio vía respiratoria vías respiratorias
Scope note:	Órganos y estructuras tubulares y cavernosas, por medio de las cuales se produce la ventilación pulmonar y el intercambio gaseoso entre el aire ambiental y la sangre.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Sistema Respiratório

Descriptor French:

Appareil respiratoire

Entry term(s):

Système respiratoire
Tractus respiratoire
Voies respiratoires

Tree number(s):

A04

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012137

Scope note:

The tubular and cavernous organs and structures, by means of which pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange between ambient air and the blood are brought about.

Annotation:

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /abnorm: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES is available but consider also specific part of respiratory system with /abnorm or specific abnormality

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

abnormalities:Respiratory System Abnormalities
physiology:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena

DeCS ID:

12557

Unique ID:

D012137

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01