DeCS

Descriptor English:

Skeleton

Descriptor Spanish:

Esqueleto

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	esqueleto
Scope note:	Estructura rígida formada por los huesos conectados que da forma al cuerpo, protege y sostiene sus órganos y tejidos blandos y proporciona puntos de anclaje para los MÚSCULOS.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Esqueleto

Descriptor French:

Squelette

Entry term(s):

Système squelettique

Tree number(s):

A02.835

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012863

Scope note:

The rigid framework of connected bones that gives form to the body, protects and supports its soft organs and tissues, and provides attachments for MUSCLES.

Annotation:

the bony frame as a whole; avoid: use BONE AND BONES instead; "skeletal" in titles is probably "bone" = BONE AND BONES

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
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
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie