Term info
database cross reference
- UMLS:C4025734
comment
The scalp of the head has the following five layers: 1) skin and head hair; 2) connective tissue; 3) the aponeurosis (a layer of dense fibrous tissue); 4) loose areolar connective tissue; and 5) the periosteum of the skull bones.
definition
Any anomaly of the scalp, the skin an subcutaneous tissue of the head on which head hair grows.
has exact synonym
Abnormality of the scalp, Anomaly of scalp
id
HP:0001965