Preferred Label : Integumentary System;
ICNP knowledge name : IntegumentarySystem;
ICNP description : Body System: Covering of body surface: Skin, outer epidermis, mucous membranes, tissue
i.e. inner connective layer, dermas including sweat and sebaceous glands and hair
and nails with functions to maintain body temperatures; to protect underlying tissue
from physical abrasion, bacterial invasion, dehydration and ultraviolet radiation;
to cool body when temperature rises, to detect by sense organs stimuli related to
temperature, touch, pressure and pain, to perspire water salts and organic compounds
by excretory organs, to secrete sweat and sebaceous, to synthesis vitamin D and to
activate immunity components of the immune system.;
Origin ID : 10010428;
UMLS CUI : C0037267;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
