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Descriptor English: Flight, Animal
Descriptor Spanish: Vuelo Animal
Descriptor vuelo animal
Scope note: Empleo de alas o de apéndices alados para permanecer en alto y moverse por el aire.
Descriptor Portuguese: Voo Animal
Descriptor French: Vol animal
Entry term(s): Animal Flight
Animal Flights
Flights, Animal
Tree number(s): G11.427.410.568.304
G11.427.410.698.416
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005426
Scope note: The use of wings or wing-like appendages to remain aloft and move through the air.
Annotation: do not confuse with FLIGHT REACTION see ESCAPE REACTION
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Locomotion (1966-1971)
specific animal
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(72)
DeCS ID: 5560
Unique ID: D005426
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/30
Flight, Animal - Preferred
Concept UI M0008560
Scope note The use of wings or wing-like appendages to remain aloft and move through the air.
Preferred term Flight, Animal
Entry term(s) Animal Flight
Animal Flights
Flights, Animal



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