DeCS

Descriptor English:

Fingers

Descriptor Spanish:

Dedos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	dedos
Scope note:	Las cuatro o cinco prolongaciones delgadas y articuladas, en los humanos y primates, unidas a cada MANO.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Dedos

Descriptor French:

Doigts

Tree number(s):

A01.378.800.667.430

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005385

Scope note:

Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.

Annotation:

use for primates only; use TOES (IM) + FORELIMB (NIM) for non-primate vertebrates; differentiate from FINGER JOINT; NIM when merely locational

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
IR innervation
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

injuries:Finger Injuries

DeCS ID:

5521

Unique ID:

D005385

NLM Classification:

WE 835

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01