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Descriptor English: Antlers
Descriptor Spanish: Cuernos de Venado
Descriptor cuernos de venado
Scope note: Cuernos de los animales de la familia de los cérvidos, presentes típicamente sólo en los machos. Se diferencian de los CUERNOS de otros animales en que son unas proyecciones óseas sólidas, generalmente ramificadas, que se desprenden y renuevan anualmente. La palabra "antler" (en inglés, cuerno de venado) proviene del latín "anteocularis", ante (antes) + oculus (ojo). (Traducción libre del original: Webster, 3d ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Chifres de Veado
Descriptor French: Andouillers
Entry term(s): Antler
Tree number(s): A13.507.288
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000999
Scope note: The horn of an animal of the deer family, typically present only in the male. It differs from the HORNS of other animals in being a solid, generally branched bony outgrowth that is shed and renewed annually. The word antler comes from the Latin anteocularis, ante (before) + oculus (eye). (From Webster, 3d ed)
Annotation: a type of horn, on males of the deer family
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: 91; was see under HORNS 1975-90
Online Note: search HORNS 1968-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under HORNS 1975-90
DeCS ID: 1003
Unique ID: D000999
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/03/13
Antlers - Preferred
Concept UI M0001519
Scope note The horn of an animal of the deer family, typically present only in the male. It differs from the HORNS of other animals in being a solid, generally branched bony outgrowth that is shed and renewed annually. The word antler comes from the Latin anteocularis, ante (before) + oculus (eye). (From Webster, 3d ed)
Preferred term Antlers
Entry term(s) Antler



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