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Embryonic Structures > Ovum > Egg Yolk
Cells > Germ Cells > Ovum > Egg Yolk
Urogenital System > Genitalia > Germ Cells > Ovum > Egg Yolk
Food and Beverages > Food > Eggs > Egg Yolk
Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Eggs > Egg Yolk

Preferred term

Egg Yolk  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • for both ovum nutrient & dietary portion of eggs

Scope note

  • Cytoplasm stored in an egg that contains nutritional reserves for the developing embryo. It is rich in polysaccharides, lipids, and proteins.

History note

  • was in Cat J only 1963-76

In other languages

  • munankeltuainen

    Finnish

  • keltuainen
  • munan keltuainen
  • munan ruskuainen
  • munanruskuainen
  • ruskuainen
  • Äggula

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004530

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