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MeSH Heading: Breast
Tree Number(s): A01.236
Unique ID: D001940
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001940
Annotation: human only; animal is MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; /‌surg: consider also MASTECTOMY & MAMMAPLASTY; inflammation = MASTITIS; tuberc of breast = MASTITIS (IM) + TUBERCULOSIS (IM), not TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE; self-examination = BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION
Scope Note: In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.
NLM Classification #: WP 800
See Also: Lactation; Mammaplasty; Mammary Glands, Animal; Mammography; Mastectomy
Consider Also: consider also terms at MAMMA- and MAST-
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2016/08/09

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)

Breast MeSH Descriptor Data 2026