| Descriptor English: | Lung |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Pulmón |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Pulmão |
| Descriptor French: | Poumon |
| Entry term(s): |
Lungs |
| Tree number(s): |
A04.411 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008168 |
| Scope note: | Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. |
| Annotation: | /abnorm: CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNG, CONGENITAL is available; /blood supply: consider also PULMONARY CIRCULATION; /surg: consider also PNEUMONECTOMY but PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES is also available; /transpl = LUNG TRANSPLANTATION or HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: do not coord with TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS unless particularly discussed; inflammation = PNEUMONIA; collapse of lung = PULMONARY ATELECTASIS |
| 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 IR innervation ME metabolism MI microbiology PA pathology PH physiology PP physiopathology PS parasitology RE radiation effects SU surgery UL ultrastructure VI virology |
| Entry Combination: |
injuries:Lung Injury
transplantation:Lung Transplantation |
| Consider Also: | consider also terms at PNEUMO- and PULMON- |
| Related: |
Air Sacs
MeSH Pneumonectomy MeSH Pulmonary Circulation MeSH Respiration MeSH |
| DeCS ID: | 8345 |
| Unique ID: | D008168 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2008/07/09 |
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Lung
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0012740 |
| Scope note | Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. |
| Preferred term | Lung |
| Entry term(s) |
Lungs |
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