DeCS

Descriptor English:

Digestive System

Descriptor Spanish:

Sistema Digestivo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	sistema digestivo
Entry term(s)	aparato digestivo
Scope note:	Grupo de órganos que se extiende desde la BOCA al ANO, que sirve para la digestión de alimentos, asimilación de nutrientes y eliminación de excrementos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Sistema Digestório

Descriptor French:

Système digestif

Entry term(s):

Appareil digestif

Tree number(s):

A03

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004064

Scope note:

A group of organs stretching from the MOUTH to the ANUS, serving to breakdown foods, assimilate nutrients, and eliminate waste. In humans, the digestive system includes the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and the accessory glands (LIVER; BILIARY TRACT; PANCREAS).

Annotation:

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /abnorm = DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES but consider also specific part of digestive system with /abnorm or specific abnormality

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:Digestive System Abnormalities
physiology:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena
surgery:Digestive System Surgical Procedures

DeCS ID:

4104

Unique ID:

D004064

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1972/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01