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Descriptor English: Cell Movement
Descriptor Spanish: Movimiento Celular
Descriptor movimiento celular
Entry term(s) locomoción celular
migración celular
motilidad celular
Scope note: Movimiento de células de un lugar a otro. Se debe diferenciar de la CITOCINESIS que es el proceso de división del CITOPLASMA de una célula.
Descriptor Portuguese: Movimento Celular
Descriptor French: Mouvement cellulaire
Entry term(s): Cell Locomotion
Cell Migration
Cell Motility
Cell Movements
Locomotion, Cell
Migration, Cell
Motility, Cell
Movement, Cell
Movements, Cell
Tree number(s): G04.198
G07.568.500.180
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002465
Scope note: The movement of cells from one location to another. Distinguish from CYTOKINESIS which is the process of dividing the CYTOPLASM of a cell.
Annotation: not for microorganisms; do not confuse with CYTOKINESIS or CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Cytology (1966-1967)
specific cell or tissue/cytology (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70(68)
Related: Cell Tracking MeSH
DeCS ID: 2500
Unique ID: D002465
NLM Classification: QU 375
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/01/15
Cell Movement - Preferred
Concept UI M0003765
Scope note The movement of cells from one location to another. Distinguish from CYTOKINESIS which is the process of dividing the CYTOPLASM of a cell.
Preferred term Cell Movement
Entry term(s) Cell Movements
Movement, Cell
Movements, Cell
Migration, Cell - Narrower
Concept UI M0462413
Preferred term Migration, Cell
Entry term(s) Cell Migration
Locomotion, Cell - Narrower
Concept UI M0462414
Preferred term Locomotion, Cell
Entry term(s) Cell Locomotion
Cell Motility
Motility, Cell



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