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MeSH Heading: Afferent Pathways
Tree Number(s): A08.612.220
Unique ID: D000344
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000344
Annotation: coord NIM with origin (IM) + termination (IM)
Scope Note: Nerve structures through which impulses are conducted from a peripheral part toward a nerve center.
Previous Indexing: Neural Transmission (1968-1975); Neurons, Afferent (1969-1975); Receptors, Sensory (1966-1975); specific central nervous system heading; specific sensory receptor
Public MeSH Note: 76
History Note: 76; was NON MESH before 1976
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/25
Revision Date: 1992/03/25

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Afferent Pathways MeSH Descriptor Data 2025