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Descriptor English: Nematocyst
Descriptor Spanish: Nematocisto
Descriptor nematocisto
Scope note: Cápsula de doble pared de las medusas y otros CNIDARIA cuya funciones son la captura de la presa, la defensa, la locomoción y la adherencia. Los nematocistos contienen TOXINAS DE CNIDARIA tóxicas que son inyectadas a las víctimas mediante un filamento punzante hueco.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nematocisto
Descriptor French: Nématocyste
Entry term(s): Cnidocyste
Tree number(s): A13.655
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058894
Scope note: A double-walled capsule found in jellyfish and other CNIDARIA whose functions include prey capture, defense, locomotion, and attachment. Nematocysts contain toxic CNIDARIAN VENOMS which are injected into the victim via a barbed tubule.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
Related: Venins de cnidaires MeSH
DeCS ID: 53861
Unique ID: D058894
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Nématocyste - Preferred
Concept UI M0545299
Preferred term Nématocyste
Entry term(s) Cnidocyste



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