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Descriptor English: Mucus
Descriptor Spanish: Moco
Descriptor moco
Scope note: Secreción viscosa de las membranas mucosas. Contiene mucina, leucocitos, agua, sales minerales y células exfoliadas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Muco
Descriptor French: Mucus
Tree number(s): A12.200.503
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009093
Scope note: The viscous secretion of mucous membranes. It contains mucin, white blood cells, water, inorganic salts, and exfoliated cells.
Annotation: mucus glands: index MUCUS (IM) + EXOCRINE GLANDS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EN enzymologie
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
VI virologie
Related: Drainage postural MeSH
DeCS ID: 9285
Unique ID: D009093
NLM Classification: QS 532.5.M8
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: 1999/11/03
Mucus - Preferred
Concept UI M0014182
Preferred term Mucus



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