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Descriptor in English: | Brain |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Encéfalo |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Encéfalo |
Descriptor in French: | Encéphale |
Entry term(s): |
Encephalon |
Tree number(s): |
A08.186.211 |
Scope note: | The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. |
Annotation: | general; /blood supply: consider also CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRANIAL SINUSES; /cytol: do not routinely convert to NEURONS; /surg: consider specific neurosurgical procedures in Category E4; inflammation = ENCEPHALITIS & its specifics; infarct = CEREBRAL INFARCTION; malacia = ENCEPHALOMALACIA; brain-isolated, encéphale isolé, cerveau isolé: index DECEREBRATE STATE |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology BS blood supply CY cytology DE drug effects DG diagnostic imaging EM embryology EN enzymology GD growth & development IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology PA pathology PH physiology PP physiopathology PS parasitology RE radiation effects SU surgery UL ultrastructure VI virology |
History Note: | /enzymology was BRAIN ENZYMOLOGY 1964-65; /physiology was BRAIN PHYSIOLOGY 1965; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY was heading 1964-65 |
See also the descriptors: |
Cerebral Decortication
MeSH Psychosurgery MeSH |
DeCS UI: | 1947 |
Descriptor UI: | D001921 |
Date Established: | 1960/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2018/02/28 |
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Brain
- Preferred
Concept UI |
M0002865 |
Scope note | The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. |
Preferred term | Brain |
Entry term(s) |
Encephalon |
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