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Lung MeSH Descriptor Data 2023


MeSH Heading
Lung
Tree Number(s)
A04.411
Unique ID
D008168
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008168
Annotation
/abnorm: CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNG, CONGENITAL is available; /‌blood supply: consider also PULMONARY CIRCULATION; /‌surg: consider also PNEUMONECTOMY but PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES is also available; /‌transpl = LUNG TRANSPLANTATION or HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: do not coord with TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS unless particularly discussed; inflammation = PNEUMONIA; collapse of lung = PULMONARY ATELECTASIS
Scope Note
Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.
See Also
Air Sacs
Pneumonectomy
Pulmonary Circulation
Respiration
Consider Also
consider also terms at PNEUMO- and PULMON-
Entry Combination
injuries:Lung Injury
transplantation:Lung Transplantation
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2008/07/09
Lung Preferred
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