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Descriptor English: Vitelline Duct
Descriptor Spanish: Conducto Vitelino
Descriptor conducto vitelino
Entry term(s) conducto onfalomesentérico
Scope note: Conducto estrecho que une el saco vitelino con el intestino medio del embrión. La persistencia del mismo o de una parte de él durante la vida extrauterina produce anormalidades, de las cuales la más común es el DIVERTÍCULO DE MECKEL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ducto Vitelino
Descriptor French: Canal vitellin
Entry term(s): Duct, Omphalomesenteric
Duct, Vitelline
Ducts, Omphalomesenteric
Ducts, Vitelline
Omphalomesenteric Duct
Omphalomesenteric Ducts
Vitelline Ducts
Tree number(s): A16.920
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014816
Scope note: The narrow tube connecting the YOLK SAC with the midgut of the EMBRYO; persistence of all or part of it in post-fetal life produces abnormalities, of which the commonest is MECKEL DIVERTICULUM.
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: 79; was VITELLINE DUCTS 1963-78
Online Note: use VITELLINE DUCT to search VITELLINE DUCTS 1966-78
History Note: 79; was VITELLINE DUCTS 1963-78
Related: Meckel Diverticulum MeSH
DeCS ID: 15218
Unique ID: D014816
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Vitelline Duct - Preferred
Concept UI M0022812
Scope note The narrow tube connecting the YOLK SAC with the midgut of the EMBRYO; persistence of all or part of it in post-fetal life produces abnormalities, of which the commonest is MECKEL DIVERTICULUM.
Preferred term Vitelline Duct
Entry term(s) Duct, Omphalomesenteric
Duct, Vitelline
Ducts, Omphalomesenteric
Ducts, Vitelline
Omphalomesenteric Duct
Omphalomesenteric Ducts
Vitelline Ducts



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