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Descriptor English: Muscles
Descriptor Spanish: Músculos
Descriptor Portuguese: Músculos
Descriptor French: Muscles
Entry term(s): Muscle
Muscle Tissue
Muscle Tissues
Tissue, Muscle
Tissues, Muscle
Tree number(s): A02.633
A10.690
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009132
Scope note: Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.
Annotation: general or unspecified; MUSCLE, STRIATED and MUSCLE, SMOOTH and specifics are available; /innerv: consider also NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION & MUSCLE DENERVATION; /surg: consider also SURGICAL FLAPS; /embryol: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent; inflammation = MYOSITIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
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
Entry Combination: growth & development:Muscle Development
Public MeSH Note: /transplantation was MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65
History Note: /transplantation was MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65
Consider Also: consider also terms at MYO-
Related: Myography MeSH
Sarcolemma MeSH
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum MeSH
DeCS ID: 9324
Unique ID: D009132
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/13
Muscles - Preferred
Concept UI M0014247
Scope note Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.
Preferred term Muscles
Entry term(s) Muscle
Muscle Tissue
Muscle Tissues
Tissue, Muscle
Tissues, Muscle



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