Search on: BREAST 
Descriptors Found: 1
Displaying: 1 .. 1  

 1 / 1 DeCS     
Descriptor English:   Breast 
Descriptor Spanish:   Mama 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Mama 
Tree Number:   A01.236
Definition English:   In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES. 
Indexing Annotation English:   human only; animal is MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; /surg: consider also MASTECTOMY & MAMMAPLASTY; inflammation = MASTITIS; tuberc of breast = MASTITIS (IM) + TUBERCULOSIS (IM), not TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE; self-examination = BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION
Consider also terms at English:   MAMMA- and MAST- 
Entry Combination - descr/qualif English:   Breast/radiography use Mammography
Breast/ultrasonography use Ultrasonography, Mammary
 
See Related English:   Lactation
Mammaplasty
Mammary Glands, Animal
Mammography
Mastectomy
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply CH chemistry
CY cytology DE drug effects
EM embryology EN enzymology
GD growth & development IM immunology
IN injuries IR innervation
ME metabolism MI microbiology
PS parasitology PA pathology
PH physiology PP physiopathology
RE radiation effects RI radionuclide imaging
SE secretion SU surgery
TR transplantation UL ultrastructure
VI virology  
Record Number:   1965 
Unique Identifier:   D001940 

Occurrence in VHL:
 

Similar:

 
DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS