DeCS

Descriptor English:

Hand

Descriptor Spanish:

Mano

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	mano
Scope note:	Porción distal del brazo, en los humanos y primates, situada más allá de la muñeca, que incluye la palma, los dedos y el pulgar.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Mãos

Descriptor French:

Main

Tree number(s):

A01.378.800.667

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006225

Scope note:

The distal part of the arm beyond the wrist in humans and primates, that includes the palm, fingers, and thumb.

Annotation:

use for primates only; use FOOT (IM) + FORELIMB (NIM) for non-primate vertebrates; skin diseases of the hand = HAND DERMATOSES: see note there

Allowable Qualifiers:

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
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

abnormalities:Hand Deformities, Congenital
injuries:Hand Injuries
transplantation:Hand Transplantation

DeCS ID:

6378

Unique ID:

D006225

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1960/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01