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Descriptor English: Sphenoid Bone
Descriptor Spanish: Hueso Esfenoides
Descriptor hueso esfenoides
Entry term(s) ala mayor del esfenoides
Scope note: Hueso irregular e impar situado en la BASE DEL CRÁNEO y encajado entre los huesos occipital, frontal y temporal. Está constituido por un cuerpo central y mediano, y tres pares de apófisis que recuerdan las alas de un murciélago. El cuerpo está hueco en su parte inferior, donde se forman dos grandes cavidades (SENO ESFENOIDAL).
Descriptor Portuguese: Osso Esfenoide
Descriptor French: Os sphénoïde
Entry term(s): Bone, Sphenoid
Greater Sphenoid Wing
Greater Sphenoid Wings
Sphenoid Bones
Sphenoid Wing, Greater
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.802
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013100
Scope note: An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).
Annotation: fractures: coordinate SPHENOID BONE /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL NEOPLASMS (IM)
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: 13484
Unique ID: D013100
NLM Classification: WE 705
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/05/17
Sphenoid Bone - Preferred
Concept UI M0020291
Scope note An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).
Preferred term Sphenoid Bone
Entry term(s) Bone, Sphenoid
Sphenoid Bones
Greater Sphenoid Wing - Narrower
Concept UI M000648571
Preferred term Greater Sphenoid Wing
Entry term(s) Greater Sphenoid Wings
Sphenoid Wing, Greater



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