DeCS

Descriptor English:

Nails

Descriptor Spanish:

Uñas

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	uñas
Entry term(s)	uñas de las manos uñas de los pies
Scope note:	Láminas córneas y delgadas que cubren las superficies dorsales de las falanges distales de los dedos de los primates.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Unhas

Descriptor French:

Ongles

Entry term(s):

Ongle
Ongles des doigts
Ongles des doigts de pied
Ongles des orteils

Tree number(s):

A17.600

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009262

Scope note:

The thin, horny plates that cover the dorsal surfaces of the distal phalanges of the fingers and toes of primates.

Annotation:

primates only: use HOOF AND CLAW for other vertebrates: Manual 21.58;

Allowable Qualifiers:

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

Entry Combination:

abnormalities:Nails, Malformed
anomalías:Uñas Malformadas
anormalidades:Unhas Malformadas

DeCS ID:

9453

Unique ID:

D009262

NLM Classification:

WR 475

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01