"Animal Structures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Organs and other anatomical structures of non-human vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
| Descriptor ID |
D000825
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13
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| Concept/Terms |
Animal Structures- Animal Structures
- Animal Structure
- Structure, Animal
- Structures, Animal
Animal Organs- Animal Organs
- Animal Organ
- Organ, Animal
- Organs, Animal
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Animal Structures".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Animal Structures".
- Animal Structures
- Air Sacs
- Anal Sacs
- Animal Fins
- Animal Fur
- Animal Scales
- Animal Shells
- Arthropod Antennae
- Beak
- Bursa of Fabricius
- Cloaca
- Comb and Wattles
- Compound Eye, Arthropod
- Corpora Allata
- Crop, Avian
- Egg Shell
- Electric Organ
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Fat Body
- Feathers
- Forelimb
- Ganglia, Invertebrate
- Gills
- Gizzard, Non-avian
- Harderian Gland
- Head Kidney
- Hemolymph
- Hepatopancreas
- High Vocal Center
- Hindlimb
- Hoof and Claw
- Horns
- Imaginal Discs
- Interrenal Gland
- Lateral Line System
- Malpighian Tubules
- Mammary Glands, Animal
- Metrial Gland
- Mushroom Bodies
- Nematocyst
- Nictitating Membrane
- Optic Lobe, Nonmammalian
- Oviducts
- Perianal Glands
- Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
- Salt Gland
- Scent Glands
- Stomach, Avian
- Stomach, Ruminant
- Tail
- Ultimobranchial Body
- Vibrissae
- Wool
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Animal Structures" by people in Profiles.
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A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata). Zootaxa. 2026 05 25; 5814(4):533-549.
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Brygophis coulangesi (Domergue, 1988) (Serpentes: Pseudoxyrhophiidae) and its taxonomic relationship with respect to Compsophis (Günther, 1882). Zootaxa. 2025 Dec 16; 5729(3):469-476.
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Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa. 2025 Sep 08; 5691(1):1-44.
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Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa. 2025 Jun 12; 5647(1):1-26.
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Three new species of wood-boring bivalves (Mollusca: Xylophagaidae) from the deep Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa. 2024 Aug 12; 5493(3):275-290.
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Toward an Understanding of Octopus Arm Motor Control. Integr Comp Biol. 2023 12 29; 63(6):1277-1284.
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A new ant genus from southern Argentina and southern Chile, Patagonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 2016 Jul 19; 4139(1):1-31.
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Notes on the genus Polycaena Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) with descriptions of two new species from China. Zootaxa. 2016 Apr 26; 4105(6):575-90.
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Automatic reconstruction of physiological gestures used in a model of birdsong production. J Neurophysiol. 2015 Nov; 114(5):2912-22.
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The octopus genome and the evolution of cephalopod neural and morphological novelties. Nature. 2015 Aug 13; 524(7564):220-4.