Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, External
Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, External

Preferred term

Ear, External  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Ear, Outer
  • Ears, Outer
  • External Ear
  • Outer Ear
  • Outer Ears

Note

  • /abnorm permitted for congenital deformities but acquired deformities = EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; inflammation = OTITIS EXTERNA; ear acupuncture or auriculoacupuncture or otoacupuncture (acupuncture therapy with ear as pressure point) goes here (IM) + ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY (IM)

Scope note

  • The outer part of the hearing system of the body. It includes the shell-like EAR AURICLE which collects sound, and the EXTERNAL EAR CANAL, the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, and the EXTERNAL EAR CARTILAGES.

History note

  • EAR, EXTERNAL, DEFORMITY was heading 1966-70

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004431

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 7/9/07