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MeSH Heading: Mouth
Tree Number(s): A01.456.505.631; A03.556.500; A14.549
Unique ID: D009055
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009055
Annotation: /surg: consider also ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; inflammation = STOMATITIS
Scope Note: The oval-shaped oral cavity located at the apex of the digestive tract and consisting of two parts: the vestibule and the oral cavity proper.
Entry Term(s): Cavitas Oris; Cavitas oris propria; Mouth Cavity Proper; Oral Cavity; Oral Cavity Proper; Vestibule Oris; Vestibule of the Mouth
See Also: Oral Manifestations; Surgery, Oral
Consider Also: consider also terms at ORAL, ORO-, and STOMAT-
Public MeSH Note: /microbiology was MOUTH MICROORGANISMS 1965-67
Online Note: use MOUTH to search MOUTH MICROORGANISMS 1966-67
History Note: /microbiology was MOUTH MICROORGANISMS 1965-67
Entry Combination: abnormalities:Mouth Abnormalities
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/28

Entry Combination: abnormalities:Mouth Abnormalities
Allowable Qualifiers: 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)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Mouth MeSH Descriptor Data 2025