Organ Size MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Organ Size
Tree Number(s): E01.370.600.115.100.660; E05.041.124.715; G07.100.100.660; G07.345.249.690
Unique ID: D009929
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009929
Annotation: almost never IM; coordinate NIM with organ /‌anat (IM) or /‌growth (IM) or /‌pathol (IM) or disease /‌pathol (IM)
Scope Note: The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness.
Entry Term(s): Organ Volume; Organ Weight
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see ORGAN WEIGHT 1966-2004
History Note: 2005 (1966)
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
    - Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
      - Body Weights and Measures [E01.370.600.115.100]
        
        Body Fat Distribution [E01.370.600.115.100.062]
        
        Body Mass Index [E01.370.600.115.100.125]
        
        Body Size [E01.370.600.115.100.160]
        
        Body Surface Area [E01.370.600.115.100.231]
        
        Organ Size [E01.370.600.115.100.660]
        
        Axial Length, Eye [E01.370.600.115.100.660.500]
        
        Skinfold Thickness [E01.370.600.115.100.803]
        
        Waist-Hip Ratio [E01.370.600.115.100.960]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Anthropometry [E05.041]
  - Body Weights and Measures [E05.041.124]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Body Constitution [G07.100]
  - Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Growth and Development [G07.345]
  - Growth [G07.345.249]

Organ Size Preferred

Organ Weight Narrower

Organ Volume Narrower

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