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Gills MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Gills
Tree Number(s)
A13.421
Unique ID
D005880
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005880
Scope Note
Paired respiratory organs of fishes and some amphibians that are analogous to lungs. They are richly supplied with blood vessels by which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged directly with the environment.
Previous Indexing
Branchial Region (1966-1967)
Fishes (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note
68
History Note
68
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2015/06/29
Gills Preferred
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