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Descriptor English: Ophiophagus hannah
Descriptor Spanish: Ophiophagus hannah
Descriptor Ophiophagus hannah
Entry term(s) cobra real
Scope note: La más larga de todas las serpientes venenosas y, a su vez, el elápido más largo. No se trata de un miembro del género Naja, aunque su cabeza recuerda a la de las especies Naja. Su mordedura puede inocular grandes cantidades de veneno neurotóxico y cardiotóxico, compuesto principalmente por NEUROTOXINAS alfa. Las cobras reales son autóctonas de los bosques de la India y del Sudeste Asiático.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ophiophagus hannah
Descriptor French: Ophiophagus hannah
Entry term(s): Cobra, King
Cobras, King
King Cobra
King Cobras
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.806
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073197
Scope note: The longest of all venomous snakes and largest Elapid. It is not a member of the Naja genus, although its hood resembles the hood of Naja species. Its bite can deliver large quantities of neurotoxic and cardiotoxic venom, consisting primarily of ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS. King cobras are indigenous to forests of India and Southeast Asia.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Elapidae (1994-2017)
Snakes (1970-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
Related: Elapid Venoms MeSH
DeCS ID: 56892
Unique ID: D000073197
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Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/03/29
Ophiophagus hannah - Preferred
Concept UI M000620863
Scope note The longest of all venomous snakes and largest Elapid. It is not a member of the Naja genus, although its hood resembles the hood of Naja species. Its bite can deliver large quantities of neurotoxic and cardiotoxic venom, consisting primarily of ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS. King cobras are indigenous to forests of India and Southeast Asia.
Preferred term Ophiophagus hannah
Entry term(s) Cobra, King
Cobras, King
King Cobra
King Cobras



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