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Descriptor English: Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Descriptor Spanish: Fosa Craneal Posterior
Descriptor fosa craneal posterior
Entry term(s) clivus
Scope note: Compartimento infratentorial del cráneo que contiene al CEREBELO y al TRONCO CEREBRAL. Está formado por la superficie superior del tercio posterior del cuerpo del ESFENOIDES, por el occipital, por las porciones petrosa y mastoidea del HUESO TEMPORAL y por el ángulo posteroinferior del HUESO PARIETAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fossa Craniana Posterior
Descriptor French: Fosse crânienne postérieure
Entry term(s): Clivus
Cranial Fossas, Posterior
Fossa, Posterior Cranial
Fossas, Posterior Cranial
Posterior Cranial Fossa
Posterior Cranial Fossas
Tree number(s): A01.456.830.200
A02.835.232.781.750.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003388
Scope note: The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE.
Annotation: NIM when merely locational; entry term CLIVUS: restrict to posterior cranial fossa; other clivus sites are indexed under specific cranial bone, as clivus ossis occipitalis goes under OCCIPITAL BONE; neopl: coord IM with SKULL BASE 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
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under SKULL 1964-90
History Note: 91(64); was see under SKULL 1964-90
DeCS ID: 3404
Unique ID: D003388
NLM Classification: WE 705
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/14
Cranial Fossa, Posterior - Preferred
Concept UI M0005277
Scope note The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE.
Preferred term Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Entry term(s) Cranial Fossas, Posterior
Fossa, Posterior Cranial
Fossas, Posterior Cranial
Posterior Cranial Fossa
Posterior Cranial Fossas
Clivus - Narrower
Concept UI M0005278
Preferred term Clivus



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