DeCS

Descriptor English:

Neck

Descriptor Spanish:

Cuello

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	cuello
Scope note:	Parte del cuerpo de una persona o animal que conecta la CABEZA con el resto del cuerpo.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Pescoço

Descriptor French:

Cou

Tree number(s):

A01.598

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009333

Scope note:

The part of a human or animal body connecting the HEAD to the rest of the body.

Annotation:

as a region & for soft parts but note that NECK MUSCLES is also available; bones = CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; "cervical lymph nodes" = LYMPH NODES (IM) + NECK (NIM); "neck dissection" probably refers to dissection of lymph nodes in cancer: index LYMPH NODE EXCISION (IM) + NECK (NIM) for general or unspecified or RADICAL NECK DISSECTION if specified

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
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:

injuries:Neck Injuries