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Descriptor English: Sperm Midpiece
Descriptor Spanish: Pieza Intermedia del Espermatozoide
Descriptor pieza intermedia del espermatozoide
Scope note: Segmento intermedio de los espermatozoides, altamente organizado y compuesto por MITOCONDRIAS, fibras densas externas y una estructura central microtubular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Peça Intermédia do Espermatozoide
Descriptor French: Pièce intermédiaire du spermatozoïde
Entry term(s): Midpiece, Sperm
Midpieces, Sperm
Sperm Midpieces
Tree number(s): A05.360.490.890.830
A11.497.760.450
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032961
Scope note: The middle piece of the spermatozoon is a highly organized segment consisting of MITOCHONDRIA, the outer dense fibers and the core microtubular structure.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Spermatozoa (1975-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36510
Unique ID: D032961
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Sperm Midpiece - Preferred
Concept UI M0401683
Scope note The middle piece of the spermatozoon is a highly organized segment consisting of MITOCHONDRIA, the outer dense fibers and the core microtubular structure.
Preferred term Sperm Midpiece
Entry term(s) Midpiece, Sperm
Midpieces, Sperm
Sperm Midpieces



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