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Descriptor English: Tail
Descriptor Spanish: Cola (estructura animal)
Descriptor cola (estructura animal)
Scope note: Extensión de la parte posterior del cuerpo de un animal como continuación del TORSO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cauda
Descriptor French: Queue
Entry term(s): Tails
Tree number(s): A13.895
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013623
Scope note: An extension of the posterior of an animal body beyond the TORSO.
Annotation: avoid subheadings when tail is test tissue
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
Previous Indexing: specific animal (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Related: Coccyx MeSH
DeCS ID: 14002
Unique ID: D013623
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Tail - Preferred
Concept UI M0021015
Scope note An extension of the posterior of an animal body beyond the TORSO.
Preferred term Tail
Entry term(s) Tails



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