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| Descriptor English: | Chin |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Mentón |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Queixo |
| Descriptor French: | Menton |
| Entry term(s): |
Mentum |
| Tree number(s): |
A01.456.505.259 A02.835.232.781.324.502.632.130 A14.521.632.300 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002680 |
| Scope note: | The anatomical frontal portion of the mandible, also known as the mentum, that contains the line of fusion of the two separate halves of the mandible (symphysis menti). This line of fusion divides inferiorly to enclose a triangular area called the mental protuberance. On each side, inferior to the second premolar tooth, is the mental foramen for the passage of blood vessels and a nerve. |
| Annotation: | bone or site; usually NIM as site: submental (beneath the chin) refers to skin, fat & other tissue below the chin as in "submental lipectomy for double chin"; /growth: consider also MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB malformations AH anatomie et histologie BS vascularisation DG imagerie diagnostique EM embryologie GD croissance et développement IN traumatismes IR innervation MI microbiologie PA anatomopathologie PH physiologie PP physiopathologie PS parasitologie RE effets des radiations SU chirurgie VI virologie |
| DeCS ID: | 29338 |
| Unique ID: | D002680 |
| 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: | 2019/04/29 |
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