"Hindlimb Suspension" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Technique for limiting use, activity, or movement by immobilizing or restraining animal by suspending from hindlimbs or tails. This immobilization is used to simulate some effects of reduced gravity and study weightlessness physiology.
| Descriptor ID |
D019417
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.472.760.370 E05.977.400 N06.230.150.440.950.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Hindlimb Suspension- Hindlimb Suspension
- Suspension, Hindlimb
- Hindlimb Unloading
- Unloading, Hindlimb
- Unloadings, Hindlimb
- Hindlimb Elevation
- Elevation, Hindlimb
- Hindlimb Immobilization
- Immobilization, Hindlimb
Skeletal Unloading- Skeletal Unloading
- Skeletal Unloadings
- Unloading, Skeletal
- Unloadings, Skeletal
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