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Descriptor English: Peristalsis
Descriptor Spanish: Peristaltismo
Descriptor peristalsis
Entry term(s) peristaltismo
Scope note: Movimiento causado por la contracción muscular secuencial que empuja el contenido de los intestinos u otros órganos tubulares en una dirección.
Descriptor Portuguese: Peristaltismo
Descriptor French: Péristaltisme
Entry term(s): Peristalses
Tree number(s): G10.261.360.596
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010528
Scope note: A movement, caused by sequential muscle contraction, that pushes the contents of the intestines or other tubular organs in one direction.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY 1975-90
Online Note: search GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY 1967-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY 1975-90
DeCS ID: 10718
Unique ID: D010528
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Peristalsis - Preferred
Concept UI M0016356
Scope note A movement, caused by sequential muscle contraction, that pushes the contents of the intestines or other tubular organs in one direction.
Preferred term Peristalsis
Entry term(s) Peristalses



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