DeCS

Descriptor English:

Skin

Descriptor Spanish:

Piel

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	piel
Scope note:	Cubierta externa del cuerpo que lo protege del entorno. Comprende la DERMIS y la EPIDERMIS.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Pele

Descriptor French:

Peau

Tree number(s):

A17.815

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012867

Scope note:

The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.

Annotation:

for animal tissue in wound ther see note on BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; inflammation = DERMATITIS & its specifics; dryness of skin: index under SKIN DISEASES & do not interpret as XERODERMA see ICHTHYOSIS without clues from text

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
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

abnormalities:Skin Abnormalities
physiology:Skin Physiological Phenomena
surgery:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
transplantation:Skin Transplantation