| Descriptor in English: | Head |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Cabeza |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Cabeça |
| Descriptor in French: | Tête |
| Entry term(s): |
Heads |
| Tree number(s): |
A01.456 |
| Scope note: | The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. |
| Annotation: | usually NIM as site; soft parts = FACE, bony parts = SKULL; /anat: consider also CEPHALOMETRY; /inj = CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA but consider also SKULL & FACIAL BONES & specifics under each with /inj; HEAD-DOWN TILT is available for physiological aspects of this position |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology BS blood supply DG diagnostic imaging EM embryology GD growth & development IR innervation MI microbiology PA pathology PH physiology PP physiopathology PS parasitology RE radiation effects SU surgery VI virology |
| See also the descriptors: |
Facial Bones
MeSH Skull MeSH |
| DeCS UI: | 6408 |
| Descriptor UI: | D006257 |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/16 |
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Head
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| Concept UI |
M0009817 |
| Scope note | The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. |
| Preferred term | Head |
| Entry term(s) |
Heads |
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