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Descriptor English: Urinary Tract
Descriptor Spanish: Sistema Urinario
Descriptor sistema urinario
Entry term(s) tracto urinario
vías urinarias
Scope note: Conducto que transporta la ORINA desde la pelvis de los RIÑONES a través de los URÉTERES, la VEJIGA y la URETRA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sistema Urinário
Descriptor French: Voies urinaires
Entry term(s): Tract, Urinary
Tracts, Urinary
Urinary Tracts
Tree number(s): A05.810
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014551
Scope note: The duct which coveys URINE from the pelvis of the KIDNEY through the URETERS, BLADDER, and URETHRA.
Annotation: general: prefer specific organ; / surg: consider also UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; diseases = UROLOGIC DISEASES; neoplasms = UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS but prefer specifics
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
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: physiology:Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena
Previous Indexing: Urogenital System (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
Related: Urography MeSH
DeCS ID: 14951
Unique ID: D014551
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/08/09
Urinary Tract - Preferred
Concept UI M0022372
Scope note The duct which coveys URINE from the pelvis of the KIDNEY through the URETERS, BLADDER, and URETHRA.
Preferred term Urinary Tract
Entry term(s) Tract, Urinary
Tracts, Urinary
Urinary Tracts



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