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Descriptor English: Uvula
Descriptor Spanish: Úvula
Descriptor úvula
Scope note: Extensión carnosa de la zona posterior del paladar blando que cuelga en la zona superior de la apertura de la garganta.
Descriptor Portuguese: Úvula
Descriptor French: Luette
Tree number(s): A14.549.617.780.729
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014609
Scope note: A fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate that hangs above the opening of the throat.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65; was see under PALATE 1963-64
History Note: 65(63); was see under PALATE 1963-64
DeCS ID: 15011
Unique ID: D014609
NLM Classification: WV 410
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Uvula - Preferred
Concept UI M0022449
Scope note A fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate that hangs above the opening of the throat.
Preferred term Uvula



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