DeCS

Descriptor English:

Head Movements

Descriptor Spanish:

Movimientos de la Cabeza

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	movimientos de la cabeza
Scope note:	"Movimiento voluntario o involuntario de la cabeza que puede ser relacionado con el cuerpo o independiente de él; incluye a animales y humanos."

Descriptor Portuguese:

Movimentos da Cabeça

Descriptor French:

Mouvements de la tête

Entry term(s):

Head Movement
Movement, Head
Movements, Head

Tree number(s):

G11.427.410.478

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019416

Scope note:

Voluntary or involuntary motion of head that may be relative to or independent of body; includes animals and humans.

Annotation:

note HEAD BANGING see STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR

Allowable Qualifiers:

DE drug effects
PH physiology
RE radiation effects

Previous Indexing:

Movement (1966-1996)

Public MeSH Note:

History Note:

DeCS ID:

33170

Unique ID:

D019416

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

Click here to access the VHL documents

Date Established:

1997/01/01

Date of Entry:

1996/06/10

Revision Date:

2016/06/30

PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES

Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]

Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena [G11.427]

Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena

Movement [G11.427.410]

Movement

Eye Movements [G11.427.410.140]

Eye Movements

Head Movements [G11.427.410.478]

Head Movements

Locomotion [G11.427.410.568]

Locomotion

Motor Activity [G11.427.410.698]

Motor Activity

Organ Motion [G11.427.410.849]

Organ Motion

Head Movements - Preferred

Concept UI	M0028890
Scope note	Voluntary or involuntary motion of head that may be relative to or independent of body; includes animals and humans.
Preferred term	Head Movements
Entry term(s)	Head Movement Movement, Head Movements, Head

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