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Descriptor English: Animal Structures
Descriptor Spanish: Estructuras Animales
Descriptor estructuras animales
Scope note: Órganos y estructuras anatómicas de los animales invertebrados y vertebrados no humanos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Estruturas Animais
Descriptor French: Structures anatomiques de l'animal
Entry term(s): Animal Organ
Animal Organs
Animal Structure
Organ, Animal
Organs, Animal
Structure, Animal
Structures, Animal
Tree number(s): A13
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000825
Scope note: Organs and other anatomical structures of non-human vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
Annotation: avoid: too general; prefer specifics
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: Animals/anatomy & histology (1966-1997)
specific animal/anatomy & histology (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 1998; for ANIMAL ORGANS see ANIMAL 1986-2003
History Note: 1998 (1967); for ANIMAL ORGANS use ANIMALS 1986-2003
DeCS ID: 33278
Unique ID: D000825
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Animal Structures - Preferred
Concept UI M0001228
Scope note Organs and other anatomical structures of non-human vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
Preferred term Animal Structures
Entry term(s) Animal Structure
Structure, Animal
Structures, Animal
Animal Organs - Narrower
Concept UI M0001220
Preferred term Animal Organs
Entry term(s) Animal Organ
Organ, Animal
Organs, Animal



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