"Sphenoid Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).
| Descriptor ID |
D013100
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.802
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| Concept/Terms |
Sphenoid Bone- Sphenoid Bone
- Bone, Sphenoid
- Bones, Sphenoid
- Sphenoid Bones
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sphenoid Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Singh R, Kumar R. Variations in the Morphology of Foramen Lacerum. J Craniofac Surg. 2020 Sep; 31(6):1848-1850.
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von Arx T, Lozanoff S, Bornstein MM. Extraoral anatomy in CBCT ? a literature review. Part 3: Retromaxillary region Swiss Dent J. 2020 03 09; 130(3):216-228.
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Powell MP, Narimova GJ, Halimova ZJ. The Results of Surgical Treatment of Cushing Tumors in the Republic of Uzbekistan: Establishing Transsphenoidal Surgery in A Developing Nation. World Neurosurg. 2017 Jan; 97:213-220.
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Ma W, Lozanoff S. Differential in vitro response to epidermal growth factor by prenatal murine cranial-base chondrocytes. Arch Oral Biol. 2002 Feb; 47(2):155-63.
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Ma W, Lozanoff S. Spatial and temporal distribution of cellular proliferation in the cranial base of normal and midfacially retrusive mice. Clin Anat. 1999; 12(5):315-25.
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Lozanoff S, Jureczek S, Feng T, Padwal R. Anterior cranial base morphology in mice with midfacial retrusion. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1994 Nov; 31(6):417-28.