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MeSH Heading: Hominidae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.400
Unique ID: D015186
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015186
Annotation: diseases: coordinate with PRIMATE DISEASES ; note entry term APES: diseases in an unspecified ape, index APE DISEASES + HOMINIDAE (NIM); extinct humans (Homo species other than Homo sapiens) go here; NEANDERTHALS is also available
Scope Note: Family of the suborder HAPLORHINI (Anthropoidea) comprising bipedal primate MAMMALS. It includes modern man (HOMO SAPIENS) and the great apes: gorillas (GORILLA GORILLA), chimpanzees (PAN PANISCUS and PAN TROGLODYTES), and orangutans (PONGO PYGMAEUS).
Entry Term(s): Apes; Hominids; Hominini; Hominins; Homo; Pongidae
Registry Number: txid9604
Related Numbers: txid9605
Previous Indexing: Anthropoidea (1981-1988); Primates (1968-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/04/19
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Hominidae MeSH Descriptor Data 2024