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Descriptor English: Frontal Sinus
Descriptor Spanish: Seno Frontal
Descriptor seno frontal
Scope note: Cada uno de los espacios aéreos y pares, rara vez simétricos, localizado entre las capas compactas interna y externa del HUESO FRONTAL de la frente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Seio Frontal
Descriptor French: Sinus frontal
Entry term(s): Sinus, Frontal
Tree number(s): A04.531.621.387
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005626
Scope note: One of the paired, but seldom symmetrical, air spaces located between the inner and outer compact layers of the FRONTAL BONE in the forehead.
Annotation: inflammation or sinusitis = FRONTAL SINUSITIS; fractures: coordinate FRONTAL SINUS /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with PARANASAL SINUS 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
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 5762
Unique ID: D005626
NLM Classification: WV 350
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: 2008/07/08
Frontal Sinus - Preferred
Concept UI M0008849
Scope note One of the paired, but seldom symmetrical, air spaces located between the inner and outer compact layers of the FRONTAL BONE in the forehead.
Preferred term Frontal Sinus
Entry term(s) Sinus, Frontal



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