"Elephants" 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.
Large mammals in the family Elephantidae, with columnar limbs, bulky bodies, and elongated snouts. They are the only surviving members of the PROBOSCIDEA MAMMALS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004606
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.833.249
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| Concept/Terms |
African Elephants- African Elephants
- African Elephant
- Elephant, African
- Elephants, African
- Loxodonta
Asiatic Elephants- Asiatic Elephants
- Asiatic Elephant
- Elephant, Asiatic
- Elephants, Asiatic
- Elephas maximus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elephants" by people in Profiles.
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Influence of age and gender on secretion of anti-M?llerian hormone in Asian (Elephas maximus) and African (Loxodonta africana) elephants. Theriogenology. 2011 Mar 01; 75(4):620-7.
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Animal models of cavitation in pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2006 Sep; 86(5):337-48.
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Kinematics and the implementation of an elephant's trunk manipulator and other continuum style robots. J Robot Syst. 2003 Feb; 20(2):45-63.
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Manipulability, force, and compliance analysis for planar continuum manipulators. IEEE Trans Rob Autom. 2002 Jun; 18(3):263-73.
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Analysis and experiments with an elephant's trunk robot. Adv Robot. 2001 Dec; 15(8):847-58.