"Temporal Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Either of a pair of compound bones forming the lateral (left and right) surfaces and base of the skull which contains the organs of hearing. It is a large bone formed by the fusion of parts: the squamous (the flattened anterior-superior part), the tympanic (the curved anterior-inferior part), the mastoid (the irregular posterior portion), and the petrous (the part at the base of the skull).
| Descriptor ID |
D013701
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.885
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| Concept/Terms |
Temporal Bone- Temporal Bone
- Bone, Temporal
- Bones, Temporal
- Temporal Bones
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