DeCS

Descriptor English:

Ear, External

Descriptor Spanish:

Oído Externo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	oído externo
Scope note:	Estructura más externa del aparato auditivo. Está formada por el PABELLÓN AURICULAR, en forma de concha, que recolecta el sonido, el CONDUCTO AUDITIVO EXTERNO, la MEMBRANA TIMPÁNICA y los CARTÍLAGOS AURICULARES EXTERNOS.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Orelha Externa

Descriptor French:

Oreille externe

Tree number(s):

A09.246.272

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004431

Scope note:

The outer part of the hearing system of the body. It includes the shell-like EAR AURICLE which collects sound, and the EXTERNAL EAR CANAL, the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, and the EXTERNAL EAR CARTILAGES.

Annotation:

/abnorm permitted for congenital deformities but acquired deformities = EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; inflammation = OTITIS EXTERNA; ear acupuncture or auriculoacupuncture or otoacupuncture (acupuncture therapy with ear as pressure point) goes here (IM) + ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY (IM)

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
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
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

4492

Unique ID:

D004431

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1960/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2007/07/09