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Descriptor English: Zona Reticularis
Descriptor Spanish: Zona Reticular
Descriptor zona reticular
Entry term(s) zona reticular suprarrenal
Scope note: Zona interna de la corteza suprarrenal. Esta zona produce las enzimas que convierten la PREGNENOLONA, un esteroide de 21 carbonos, en esteroides de 19 carbonos (DESHIDROEPIANDROSTERONA y ANDROSTENEDIONA), mediante la 17-ALFA-HIDROXIPREGNENOLONA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Zona Reticular
Descriptor French: Zone réticulée
Entry term(s): Adrenal Reticularis
Reticularis, Adrenal
Reticularis, Zona
Tree number(s): A06.300.071.140.970
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015385
Scope note: The inner zone of the adrenal cortex. This zone produces the enzymes that convert PREGNENOLONE, a 21-carbon steroid, to 19-carbon steroids (DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; and ANDROSTENEDIONE) via 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE.
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: Adrenal Cortex (1975-1988)
Adrenal Glands (1966-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
DeCS ID: 23870
Unique ID: D015385
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Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/06/06
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Zona Reticularis - Preferred
Concept UI M0023701
Scope note The inner zone of the adrenal cortex. This zone produces the enzymes that convert PREGNENOLONE, a 21-carbon steroid, to 19-carbon steroids (DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; and ANDROSTENEDIONE) via 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE.
Preferred term Zona Reticularis
Entry term(s) Adrenal Reticularis
Reticularis, Adrenal
Reticularis, Zona



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