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Descriptor English: Petrous Bone
Descriptor Spanish: Hueso Petroso
Descriptor hueso petroso
Entry term(s) pirámide petrosa
vértice de la porción petrosa
Scope note: Porción densa, a modo de roca del hueso temporal que contiene el OÍDO INTERNO. El hueso petroso está localizado en la base del cráneo. Combinado con la APÓFISIS MASTOIDES se denomina porción petromastoidea del hueso temporal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Osso Petroso
Descriptor French: Rocher
Entry term(s): Bone, Petrous
Petrous Apex
Petrous Bones
Petrous Pyramid
Pyramids, Petrous
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.885.681
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010579
Scope note: The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at the base of the skull. Sometimes it is combined with the MASTOID PROCESS and called petromastoid part of temporal bone.
Annotation: fractures: coordinate PETROUS BONE /inj with SKULL FRACTURES; neoplasms: coordinate with SKULL NEOPLASMS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10769
Unique ID: D010579
NLM Classification: WV 230
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/05/21
Petrous Bone - Preferred
Concept UI M0016439
Scope note The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at the base of the skull. Sometimes it is combined with the MASTOID PROCESS and called petromastoid part of temporal bone.
Preferred term Petrous Bone
Entry term(s) Bone, Petrous
Petrous Apex
Petrous Bones
Petrous Pyramid
Pyramids, Petrous



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