"Frontal 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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005624
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.375
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| Concept/Terms |
Frontal Bone- Frontal Bone
- Bone, Frontal
- Bones, Frontal
- Frontal Bones
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Frontal Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Craniofacial growth, maturation, and change: teens to midadulthood. J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Mar; 21(2):458-61.
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Spontaneous cranial osteomyelitis in an otherwise healthy ten-year-old male. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2009; 45(6):407-9.
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Microscopic minimally invasive approach to nonsyndromic craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2009 Sep; 20(5):1492-500.
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Msx2 and Twist cooperatively control the development of the neural crest-derived skeletogenic mesenchyme of the murine skull vault. Development. 2003 Dec; 130(24):6131-42.