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MeSH Heading: Cricoid Cartilage
Tree Number(s): A02.165.257.625.211; A02.165.407.500.211; A04.329.591.211
Unique ID: D003413
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003413
Scope Note: The small thick cartilage that forms the lower and posterior parts of the laryngeal wall.
Previous Indexing: Laryngeal Cartilages (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES 1979-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/19
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

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)

Cricoid Cartilage MeSH Descriptor Data 2023