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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 Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09

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)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Animal Structures MeSH Descriptor Data 2025