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Descriptor English: Sphenoid Sinus
Descriptor Spanish: Seno Esfenoidal
Descriptor seno esfenoidal
Scope note: Cada uno de los espacios aéreos y pares, localizado en el cuerpo del HUESO ESFENOIDES detrás del HUESO ETMOIDES en el centro del cráneo. Se comunica con la parte posterosuperior de la FOSA NASAL de cada lado.
Descriptor Portuguese: Seio Esfenoidal
Descriptor French: Sinus sphénoïdal
Entry term(s): Sinus, Sphenoid
Tree number(s): A04.531.621.827
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013101
Scope note: One of the paired air spaces located in the body of the SPHENOID BONE behind the ETHMOID BONE in the middle of the skull. Sphenoid sinus communicates with the posterosuperior part of NASAL CAVITY on the same side.
Annotation: inflammation or sinusitis = SPHENOID SINUSITIS; fractures: coordinate SPHENOID SINUS /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with PARANASAL SINUS 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
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 13485
Unique ID: D013101
NLM Classification: WV 358
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: 2008/07/08
Sphenoid Sinus - Preferred
Concept UI M0020292
Scope note One of the paired air spaces located in the body of the SPHENOID BONE behind the ETHMOID BONE in the middle of the skull. Sphenoid sinus communicates with the posterosuperior part of NASAL CAVITY on the same side.
Preferred term Sphenoid Sinus
Entry term(s) Sinus, Sphenoid



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