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Descriptor English: Temporal Bone
Descriptor Spanish: Hueso Temporal
Descriptor hueso temporal
Entry term(s) foramen estilomastoideo
Scope note: Cada uno de los dos huesos compuestos que forman las superficies laterales (derecha e izquierda) y base del cráneo y contiene los órganos de la audición. Es un hueso grande formado por la fusión de partes: la escama (parte anterosuperior aplanada), la parte timpánica (porción curva anteroinferior), la mastoides (porción irregular posterior) y el hueso petroso (en la base del cráneo).
Descriptor Portuguese: Osso Temporal
Descriptor French: Os temporal
Entry term(s): Bone, Temporal
Stylomastoid Foramen
Temporal Bones
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.885
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013701
Scope note: Either of a pair of compound bones forming the lateral (left and right) surfaces and base of the skull which contains the organs of hearing. It is a large bone formed by the fusion of parts: the squamous (the flattened anterior-superior part), the tympanic (the curved anterior-inferior part), the mastoid (the irregular posterior portion), and the petrous (the part at the base of the skull).
Annotation: fractures: index TEMPORAL BONE /inj + 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
Related: Ear, Inner MeSH
DeCS ID: 14079
Unique ID: D013701
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/04/29
Temporal Bone - Preferred
Concept UI M0021148
Scope note Either of a pair of compound bones forming the lateral (left and right) surfaces and base of the skull which contains the organs of hearing. It is a large bone formed by the fusion of parts: the squamous (the flattened anterior-superior part), the tympanic (the curved anterior-inferior part), the mastoid (the irregular posterior portion), and the petrous (the part at the base of the skull).
Preferred term Temporal Bone
Entry term(s) Bone, Temporal
Temporal Bones
Stylomastoid Foramen - Narrower
Concept UI M000647271
Preferred term Stylomastoid Foramen



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