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MeSH Heading: Sperm Midpiece
Tree Number(s): A05.360.490.890.830; A11.497.760.450
Unique ID: D032961
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032961
Scope Note: The middle piece of the spermatozoon is a highly organized segment consisting of MITOCHONDRIA, the outer dense fibers and the core microtubular structure.
Previous Indexing: Spermatozoa (1975-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

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classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Sperm Midpiece MeSH Descriptor Data 2025