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Descriptor English: | Brain | ||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Encéfalo
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Encéfalo | ||||
Descriptor French: | Encéphale | ||||
Tree number(s): |
A08.186.211 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001921 | ||||
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. |
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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 |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB malformations AH anatomie et histologie BS vascularisation CY cytologie DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques DG imagerie diagnostique EM embryologie EN enzymologie GD croissance et développement IM immunologie ME métabolisme MI microbiologie PA anatomopathologie PH physiologie PP physiopathologie PS parasitologie RE effets des radiations SU chirurgie UL ultrastructure VI virologie |
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Entry Combination: |
injuries:Brain Injuries
transplantation:Brain Tissue Transplantation chemistry:Brain Chemistry |
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Related: |
Décortication cérébrale (technique)
MeSH Psychochirurgie MeSH | ||||
DeCS ID: | 1947 | ||||
Unique ID: | D001921 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
Date Established: | 1960/01/01 | ||||
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
Revision Date: | 2018/02/28 |
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