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Descriptor English: Respiratory System
Descriptor Spanish: Sistema Respiratorio
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): Respiratory Systems
Respiratory Tract
System, Respiratory
Systems, Respiratory
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 anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: abnormalities:Respiratory System Abnormalities
physiology:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
DeCS ID: 12557
Unique ID: D012137
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/10
Respiratory System - Preferred
Concept UI M0018913
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.
Preferred term Respiratory System
Entry term(s) Respiratory Systems
Respiratory Tract
System, Respiratory
Systems, Respiratory



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