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Descriptor English: Comb and Wattles
Descriptor Spanish: Cresta y Barbas
Descriptor cresta y barbas
Entry term(s) barbas
Scope note: Excrecencia carnosa rojiza de tejido cutáneo en la parte alta de la cabeza, unida a los lados de la misma, y que cuelga de la mandíbula de aves tales como los pavos y pollos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Crista e Barbelas
Descriptor French: Crêtes et barbillon
Entry term(s): Comb
Combs
Wattle
Wattles
Wattles and Comb
Tree number(s): A13.242
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003129
Scope note: Fleshy and reddish outgrowth of skin tissue found on top of the head, attached to the sides of the head, and hanging from the mandible of birds such as turkeys and chickens.
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: Poultry (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Entry Version: COMB WATTLES
DeCS ID: 3160
Unique ID: D003129
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: 2015/06/30
Comb and Wattles - Preferred
Concept UI M0004842
Scope note Fleshy and reddish outgrowth of skin tissue found on top of the head, attached to the sides of the head, and hanging from the mandible of birds such as turkeys and chickens.
Preferred term Comb and Wattles
Entry term(s) Wattles and Comb
Wattles - Narrower
Concept UI M0004843
Preferred term Wattles
Entry term(s) Wattle
Comb - Narrower
Concept UI M0004844
Preferred term Comb
Entry term(s) Combs



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