viperidae - CISMeF

Preferred Label : viperidae;

MeSH definition : A family of snakes comprising three subfamilies: Azemiopinae (the mountain viper, the sole member of this subfamily), Viperinae (true vipers), and Crotalinae (pit vipers). They are widespread throughout the world, being found in the United States, Central and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Their venoms act on the blood (hemotoxic) as compared to the venom of elapids which act on the nervous system (neurotoxic). (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp333-36); A family of snakes comprising four subfamilies: Azemiopinae (the mountain viper, the sole member of this subfamily), Viperinae (true vipers), Crotalinae (pit vipers) and Causinae. They are widespread throughout the world, being found in the United States, Central and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Their venoms act on the blood (hemotoxic) as compared to the venom of elapids which act on the nervous system (neurotoxic). (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp333-36);

CISMeF synonym : crotalid;

MeSH hyponym : viperinae; bitis; lachesis; european viper; asp; cerastes; gaboon viper; crotalids; bushmaster; azemiopinae; Bushmasters; European Vipers; Viper, European; Vipers, European; Asps; European Adder; Adder, European; Adders, European; European Adders; Gaboon Vipers; Viper, Gaboon; Vipers, Gaboon; True Vipers; True Viper; Viper, True; Vipers, True;

MeSH Related Number : txid35022; txid8690; txid8691; txid8694; txid8696; txid8751; txid8752; txid31155; txid31156;

MeSH annotation : mountain viper, true vipers & pit vipers;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viperidae;

UNII : txid8689;

Details

Origin ID

D017819;

UMLS CUI

C0206301;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- azemiopinae [MeSH concept]
- bushmaster [MeSH concept]
- european viper [MeSH concept]
- viperidae [MeSH concept]
See also
- Vipera berus [DeCS]
- viper venoms [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Reptile [UMLS semantic type]

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