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Intestines MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Intestines
Tree Number(s)
A03.556.124
Unique ID
D007422
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007422
Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; intestinal secretion: index INTESTINAL SECRETIONS or INTESTINAL MUCOSA; invagination = INTUSSUSCEPTION; /‌surg: consider also ENTEROSTOMY & GASTROENTEROSTOMY; inflammation or inflammatory disease: see note on INTESTINAL DISEASES; gas cysts = PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS
Scope Note
The section of the alimentary canal from the STOMACH to the ANAL CANAL. It includes the LARGE INTESTINE and SMALL INTESTINE.
See Also
Enterostomy
Gastroenterostomy
Public MeSH Note
/microbiology was INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS 1963-67
History Note
/microbiology was INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS 1963-67
Date Established
1960/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2021/05/10
Intestines Preferred
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