DeCS

Descriptor English:

Head Kidney

Descriptor Spanish:

Riñón Cefálico

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	ríñón primario
Scope note:	Forma primitiva de riñón de los vertebrados que se encuentra en los adultos de algunos PECES primitivos y en los embriones de peces más evolucionados. En algunas especies de peces contienen células fagocíticas y es también un sitio importante de la HEMATOPOYESIS, análoga a la MÉDULA ÓSEA de los mamíferos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Rim Cefálico

Descriptor French:

Rein céphalique

Entry term(s):

Anterior Kidney
Anterior Kidneys
Head Kidneys
Kidney, Anterior
Kidney, Head
Kidneys, Anterior
Kidneys, Head

Tree number(s):

A13.449
A16.835.400

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060226

Scope note:

A primitive form of vertebrate kidney that is found in adults of some primitive FISHES and in the embryos of more advanced fishes. In some species of fishes it contains phagocytic cells and is also a major site of HEMATOPOIESIS, analogous to the mammalian BONE MARROW.

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

Concept UI	M0553319
Scope note	A primitive form of vertebrate kidney that is found in adults of some primitive FISHES and in the embryos of more advanced fishes. In some species of fishes it contains phagocytic cells and is also a major site of HEMATOPOIESIS, analogous to the mammalian BONE MARROW.
Preferred term	Head Kidney
Entry term(s)	Anterior Kidney Anterior Kidneys Head Kidneys Kidney, Anterior Kidney, Head Kidneys, Anterior Kidneys, Head

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