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Descriptor English: Beak
Descriptor Spanish: Pico
Descriptor pico
Entry term(s) pico aviar
pico de ave
pico de aves
pico de pájaro
Scope note: En algunos animales, las mandíbulas junto con su cubierta córnea. El pico se refiere usualmente al pico de los pájaros el cual varía grandemente en forma de acuerdo con los alimentos y los hábitos del pájaro. El pico se refiere más comúnmente a pájaros, la contraparte anatómica se encuentra también en las tortugas, calamares, y pulpos. (Webster, 3d ed & Storer, et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p491, 755)
Descriptor Portuguese: Bico
Descriptor French: Bec
Entry term(s): Bec des oiseaux
Tree number(s): A13.114
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001502
Scope note: In some animals, the jaws together with their horny covering. The beak usually refers to the bill of birds in which the whole varies greatly in form according of the food and habits of the bird. While the beak refers most commonly to birds, the anatomical counterpart is found also in the turtle, squid, and octopus. (From Webster, 3d ed & Storer, et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p491, 755)
Annotation: not restricted to birds
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 1520
Unique ID: D001502
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: 1995/03/13
Bec - Preferred
Concept UI M0002243
Preferred term Bec
Bec des oiseaux - Narrower
Concept UI M0002244
Preferred term Bec des oiseaux



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