DeCS

Descriptor English:

Endometrium

Descriptor Spanish:

Endometrio

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	endometrio
Scope note:	Membrana mucosa que reviste la cavidad uterina, sensible a las hormonas durante el CICLO MENSTRUAL y el EMBARAZO. El endometrio experimenta cambios cíclicos que caracterizan la MENSTRUACIÓN. Después de la FECUNDACIÓN, sirve para mantener el desarrollo embrionario.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Endométrio

Descriptor French:

Endomètre

Entry term(s):

Muqueuse de l'utérus
Tunique muqueuse de l'utérus

Tree number(s):

A05.360.319.679.490

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004717

Scope note:

The mucous membrane lining of the uterine cavity that is hormonally responsive during the MENSTRUAL CYCLE and PREGNANCY. The endometrium undergoes cyclic changes that characterize MENSTRUATION. After successful FERTILIZATION, it serves to sustain the developing embryo.

Annotation:

inflammation = ENDOMETRITIS

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:

4796

Unique ID:

D004717

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2007/07/11