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MeSH Heading: Muscles
Tree Number(s): A02.633; A10.690
Unique ID: D009132
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009132
Annotation: general or unspecified; MUSCLE, STRIATED and MUSCLE, SMOOTH and specifics are available; /‌innerv: consider also NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION & MUSCLE DENERVATION; /‌surg: consider also SURGICAL FLAPS; /‌embryol: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent; inflammation = MYOSITIS
Scope Note: Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.
Entry Term(s): Muscle Tissue
See Also: Myography; Sarcolemma; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Consider Also: consider also terms at MYO-
Public MeSH Note: /transplantation was MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65
History Note: /transplantation was MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65
Entry Combination: growth & development:Muscle Development
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/13

Entry Combination: growth & development:Muscle Development
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

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)

Muscles MeSH Descriptor Data 2025