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Descriptor English:   Horns 
Descriptor Spanish:   Cuernos 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Cornos 
Synonyms English:   Horn  
Tree Number:   A13.507
Definition English:   Either of the pair of hard processes, including ANTLERS, that consist of a BONE core surrounded by a middle KERATIN layer which is in turn covered by EPIDERMIS. They grow from the upper portion of the head of many RUMINANTS. 
Indexing Annotation English:   animal only: not for cutaneous horn (= SKIN DISEASES or SKIN ABNORMALITIES); horn cancer: coordinate IM with NEOPLASMS /vet (IM) + histological type of neoplasm /vet (IM)
History Note English:   68 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply CH chemistry
CY cytology DG diagnostic imaging
DE drug effects EM embryology
EN enzymology GD growth & development
IM immunology IN injuries
IR innervation ME metabolism
MI microbiology PS parasitology
PA pathology PH physiology
PP physiopathology RE radiation effects
SU surgery TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure VI virology
Record Number:   6890 
Unique Identifier:   D006733 

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