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Abomasum MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Abomasum
Tree Number(s)
A13.869.106
Unique ID
D000018
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000018
Annotation
a ruminant's 4th stomach; dis: coord IM with STOMACH DISEASES /‌vet (IM); neopl: coord IM with STOMACH NEOPLASMS /‌vet (IM) + histol type /‌vet (IM); ulcer: coord IM with STOMACH ULCER /‌vet (IM)
Scope Note
The fourth stomach of ruminating animals. It is also called the true stomach. It is an elongated pear-shaped sac lying on the floor of the abdomen, on the right-hand side, and roughly between the seventh and twelfth ribs. It leads to the beginning of the small intestine. (From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed)
Previous Indexing
Stomach (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note
68
History Note
68
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1995/05/18
Abomasum Preferred
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