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Descriptor English: Frontal Bone
Descriptor Spanish: Hueso Frontal
Descriptor hueso frontal
Scope note: Hueso del cráneo que forma la parte anterior del mismo. Su parte plana forma la frente, y se articula inferiormente, a cada lado de la cara, con el HUESO NASAL y HUESO MALAR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Osso Frontal
Descriptor French: Os frontal
Entry term(s): Bone, Frontal
Bones, Frontal
Frontal Bones
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.375
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005624
Scope note: The bone that forms the frontal aspect of the skull. Its flat part forms the forehead, articulating inferiorly with the NASAL BONE and the CHEEK BONE on each side of the face.
Annotation: fractures: coordinate FRONTAL BONE /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL 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
DeCS ID: 5760
Unique ID: D005624
NLM Classification: WE 705
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: 2018/06/29
Frontal Bone - Preferred
Concept UI M0008846
Scope note The bone that forms the frontal aspect of the skull. Its flat part forms the forehead, articulating inferiorly with the NASAL BONE and the CHEEK BONE on each side of the face.
Preferred term Frontal Bone
Entry term(s) Bone, Frontal
Bones, Frontal
Frontal Bones



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