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MeSH Heading: Peristalsis
Tree Number(s): G10.261.360.596
Unique ID: D010528
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010528
Scope Note: A movement, caused by sequential muscle contraction, that pushes the contents of the intestines or other tubular organs in one direction.
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY 1975-90
Online Note: search GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY 1967-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY 1975-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

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physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Peristalsis MeSH Descriptor Data 2023