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MeSH Heading: Exocrine Glands
Tree Number(s): A10.336
Unique ID: D005088
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005088
Annotation: general: prefer specifics
Scope Note: Glands of external secretion that release its secretions to the body's cavities, organs, or surface, through a duct.
Previous Indexing: specific anatomic part (1966); specific animal (1966)
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70(67)
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16

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)

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