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Descriptor English: Cranial Fossa, Middle
Descriptor Spanish: Fosa Craneal Media
Descriptor fosa craneal media
Entry term(s) fosa media craneal
Scope note: Corpartimento craneal que contiene las porciones anteriores y medias de la superficie inferior de los lóbulos temporales (LÓBULO TEMPORAL) de los hemisferios cerebrales. De situación posterior e inferior a la FOSA CRANEAL ANTERIOR, está formada por parte del HUESO TEMPORAL y por el HUESO ESFENOIDES. Está separada de la FOSA CRANEAL POSTERIOR por las crestas óseas formadas por los bordes superiores de las partes petrosas de los huesos temporales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fossa Craniana Média
Descriptor French: Fosse crânienne moyenne
Entry term(s): Fossa, Middle Cranial
Middle Cranial Fossa
Tree number(s): A01.456.830.165
A02.835.232.781.750.165
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D035301
Scope note: The compartment containing the anterior extremities and half the inferior surface of the temporal lobes (TEMPORAL LOBE) of the cerebral hemispheres. Lying posterior and inferior to the anterior cranial fossa (CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR), it is formed by part of the TEMPORAL BONE and SPHENOID BONE. It is separated from the posterior cranial fossa (CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR) by crests formed by the superior borders of the petrous parts of the temporal bones.
Annotation: NIM when merely locational; neopl: coord with SKULL BASE 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
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36504
Unique ID: D035301
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Cranial Fossa, Middle - Preferred
Concept UI M0407251
Scope note The compartment containing the anterior extremities and half the inferior surface of the temporal lobes (TEMPORAL LOBE) of the cerebral hemispheres. Lying posterior and inferior to the anterior cranial fossa (CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR), it is formed by part of the TEMPORAL BONE and SPHENOID BONE. It is separated from the posterior cranial fossa (CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR) by crests formed by the superior borders of the petrous parts of the temporal bones.
Preferred term Cranial Fossa, Middle
Entry term(s) Fossa, Middle Cranial
Middle Cranial Fossa



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