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MeSH Heading: Intestines
Tree Number(s): A03.556.124
Unique ID: D007422
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007422
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; intestinal secretion: index INTESTINAL SECRETIONS or INTESTINAL MUCOSA; invagination = INTUSSUSCEPTION; /‌surg: consider also ENTEROSTOMY & GASTROENTEROSTOMY; inflammation or inflammatory disease: see note on INTESTINAL DISEASES; gas cysts = PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS
Scope Note: The section of the alimentary canal from the STOMACH to the ANAL CANAL. It includes the LARGE INTESTINE and SMALL INTESTINE.
See Also: Enterostomy; Gastroenterostomy
Public MeSH Note: /microbiology was INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS 1963-67
History Note: /microbiology was INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS 1963-67
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/05/10

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)

Intestines MeSH Descriptor Data 2025