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Descriptor English: Chick Embryo
Descriptor Spanish: Embrión de Pollo
Descriptor embrión de pollo
Scope note: Es la entidad en desarrollo del huevo de gallina fecundado (CIGOTO). El proceso del desarrollo comienza 24 horas antes de la puesta, en el que el huevo está en estadio de BLASTODISCO, una pequea mácula blanca en la superficie de la YEMA DEL HUEVO. Tras 21 días de incubación, el embrión está totalmente desarrollado antes de la eclosión.
Descriptor Portuguese: Embrião de Galinha
Descriptor French: Embryon de poulet
Entry term(s): Chick Embryos
Embryo, Chick
Embryos, Chick
Tree number(s): A13.350.150
A16.331.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002642
Scope note: The developmental entity of a fertilized chicken egg (ZYGOTE). The developmental process begins about 24 h before the egg is laid at the BLASTODISC, a small whitish spot on the surface of the EGG YOLK. After 21 days of incubation, the embryo is fully developed before hatching.
Annotation: check tag: NIM no qualifiers; chick embryo heart = CHICK EMBRYO + HEART /embryol (not FETAL HEART); transfer of chick embryo = CHICK EMBRYO /transpl not EMBRYO TRANSFER
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: 64
History Note: 64
DeCS ID: 2688
Unique ID: D002642
NLM Classification: QL 959
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Date Established: 1964/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Chick Embryo - Preferred
Concept UI M0004040
Scope note The developmental entity of a fertilized chicken egg (ZYGOTE). The developmental process begins about 24 h before the egg is laid at the BLASTODISC, a small whitish spot on the surface of the EGG YOLK. After 21 days of incubation, the embryo is fully developed before hatching.
Preferred term Chick Embryo
Entry term(s) Chick Embryos
Embryo, Chick
Embryos, Chick



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