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Descriptor English: Metacarpus
Descriptor Spanish: Metacarpo
Descriptor metacarpo
Scope note: Porción media de la mano, constituida por cinco huesos largos numerados desde el pulgar como metacarpianos I al V. Cada metacarpiano consta de un cuerpo y dos extremidades. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.807).
Descriptor Portuguese: Metacarpo
Descriptor French: Métacarpe
Entry term(s): Metacarpus
Région métacarpienne
Tree number(s): A01.378.800.667.572
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008663
Scope note: The region of the HAND between the WRIST and the FINGERS.
Annotation: not restricted to primates; METACARPUS refers to the anatomical region, METACARPAL BONES is available for the bones
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
Related: Os du métacarpe MeSH
DeCS ID: 8840
Unique ID: D008663
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Métacarpe - Preferred
Concept UI M0013498
Preferred term Métacarpe
Entry term(s) Metacarpus
Région métacarpienne



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