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MeSH Heading: Nipples
Tree Number(s): A01.236.500
Unique ID: D009558
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009558
Annotation: human & animal, male & female; for cow nipples, use UDDER; for teat, use UDDER; diseases: coordinate with BREAST DISEASES
Scope Note: The conic organs which usually give outlet to milk from the mammary glands.
Entry Term(s): Areola; Areolae
See Also: Nipple Aspirate Fluid
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under BREAST 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under BREAST 1975-90
Date Introduced: 1991/01/01
Last Updated: 2016/06/15

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

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)

Nipples MeSH Descriptor Data 2026