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Animal Structures MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Animal Structures
Tree Number(s)
A13
Unique ID
D000825
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000825
Annotation
avoid: too general; prefer specifics
Scope Note
Organs and other anatomical structures of non-human vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
Entry Term(s)
Animal Organs
Previous Indexing
Animals/anatomy & histology (1966-1997)
specific animal/anatomy & histology (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note
1998; for ANIMAL ORGANS see ANIMAL 1986-2003
History Note
1998 (1967); for ANIMAL ORGANS use ANIMALS 1986-2003
Date Introduced
1998/01/01
Last Updated
2003/07/09
Animal Structures Preferred
Animal Organs Narrower
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