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Descriptor English: Penile Erection
Descriptor Spanish: Erección Peniana
Descriptor erección del pene
Entry term(s) erección peneana
tumescencia peneana
Scope note: Estado del PENE cuando el tejido eréctil se llena de SANGRE o se hincha (tumescencia) y hace que el pene se vuelva rígido y se eleve. Es un proceso complejo en el que interviene el SISTEMA NERVIOSO CENTRAL, los SISTEMAS NERVIOSOS PERIFÉRICOS, HORMONAS, MÚSCULOS LISOS y funciones vasculares.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ereção Peniana
Descriptor French: Érection du pénis
Entry term(s): Tumescence du pénis
Tumescence nocturne du pénis
Tumescence pénienne
Tumescence pénienne nocturne
Érection
Érection pénienne
Tree number(s): G08.686.784.717
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010410
Scope note: The state of the PENIS when the erectile tissue becomes filled or swollen (tumid) with BLOOD and causes the penis to become rigid and elevated. It is a complex process involving CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; HORMONES; SMOOTH MUSCLES; and vascular functions.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
GE génétique
IM immunologie
PH physiologie
PX psychologie
RE effets des radiations
DeCS ID: 19636
Unique ID: D010410
NLM Classification: WJ 790
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1986/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/06/06
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Érection du pénis - Preferred
Concept UI M0016157
Preferred term Érection du pénis
Entry term(s) Érection
Érection pénienne
Tumescence pénienne nocturne - Narrower
Concept UI M0457931
Preferred term Tumescence pénienne nocturne
Entry term(s) Tumescence nocturne du pénis
Tumescence pénienne - Narrower
Concept UI M0016158
Preferred term Tumescence pénienne
Entry term(s) Tumescence du pénis



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