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Descriptor English: Facial Bones
Descriptor Spanish: Huesos Faciales
Descriptor huesos faciales
Scope note: El esqueleto facial está constituido por los huesos situados entre la base del cráneo y la región mandibular. Mientras que algunos consideran que los huesos faciales comprenden a los huesos hioides (HUESO HIOIDES), palatino (PALADAR DURO), cigomático (MALAR), MANDÍBULA y MAXILAR, otros incluyen también los huesos lagrimal, nasal, la concha nasal inferior y el vómer pero excluyen al hueso hioides. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p113).
Descriptor Portuguese: Ossos Faciais
Descriptor French: Os de la face
Entry term(s): Bone, Facial
Bones, Facial
Facial Bone
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.324
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005147
Scope note: The facial skeleton, consisting of bones situated between the cranial base and the mandibular region. While some consider the facial bones to comprise the hyoid (HYOID BONE), palatine (HARD PALATE), and zygomatic (ZYGOMA) bones, MANDIBLE, and MAXILLA, others include also the lacrimal and nasal bones, inferior nasal concha, and vomer but exclude the hyoid bone. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p113)
Annotation: consider specifics; do not confuse with FACE (locational & soft tissue) or its specifics; /abnorm: consider also CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; fractures: coord FACIAL BONES /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neopl: coord IM + SKULL NEOPLASMS; craniofacial dysmorphism: index under CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; craniofacial dysplasia or craniofacial fibrous dysplasia: index under FACIAL BONES (IM) + SKULL (IM) + FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC (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
DeCS ID: 5248
Unique ID: D005147
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Facial Bones - Preferred
Concept UI M0008111
Scope note The facial skeleton, consisting of bones situated between the cranial base and the mandibular region. While some consider the facial bones to comprise the hyoid (HYOID BONE), palatine (HARD PALATE), and zygomatic (ZYGOMA) bones, MANDIBLE, and MAXILLA, others include also the lacrimal and nasal bones, inferior nasal concha, and vomer but exclude the hyoid bone. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p113)
Preferred term Facial Bones
Entry term(s) Bone, Facial
Bones, Facial
Facial Bone



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