DeCS

Descriptor English:

Skull

Descriptor Spanish:

Cráneo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	cráneo
Entry term(s)	calavera calota craneal
Scope note:	ESQUELETO de la CABEZA que incluye los HUESOS FACIALES y los huesos que encierran al CEREBRO.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Crânio

Descriptor French:

Crâne

Entry term(s):

Calotte crânienne
Calvaria
Voûte crânienne

Tree number(s):

A02.835.232.781

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012886

Scope note:

The SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN.

Annotation:

bony part of head only; differentiate from HEAD & FACE; "cranial" is SKULL; /abnorm: consider also CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; /anat: consider also CEPHALOMETRY; /inj "cranio-cerebral inj" is CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA (or its specifics) only & not also here unless particularly discussed; /surg: consider also CRANIOTOMY & TREPHINING; "craniofacial dysmorphism" or "craniofacial fibrous dysplasia": index under FACIAL BONES (IM) + SKULL (IM) + FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC (IM)

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie