DeCS

Descriptor English:

Hair

Descriptor Spanish:

Cabello

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	cabello
Entry term(s)	lanugo pelo vello
Scope note:	Estructura filamentosa que consiste en un tallo que sobresale de la superficie de la PIEL, desde una raíz más blanda que se aloja en la cavidad del FOLÍCULO PILOSO. Se encuentra en la mayor parte de la superficie corporal.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Cabelo

Descriptor French:

Poils

Entry term(s):

Cheveu
Cheveux
Duvet foetal
Lanugo
Poil

Tree number(s):

A17.360

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006197

Scope note:

A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body.

Annotation:

abnormally pulling at one's hair = TRICHOTILLOMANIA; HAIR FOLLICLE is available

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
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
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie