Sphenoid Bone
"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sphenoid Bone" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Sphenoid Bone" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sphenoid Bone" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Essayed W, Aboud E, Al-Mefty O. Hyperostotic Invasive Meningioma of the Sphenoid Ridge Surgical Considerations: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2022 03 01; 22(3):e124-e125.
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Rennert RC, Brandel MG, Steinberg JA, Martin JR, Gonda DD, Fukushima T, Day JD, Khalessi AA, Levy ML. Surgical Relevance of Pediatric Anterior Clinoid Process Maturation for Anterior Skull Base Approaches. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 02 16; 20(3):E200-E207.
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Krings JG, Kallogjeri D, Wineland A, Nepple KG, Piccirillo JF, Getz AE. Complications following primary and revision transsphenoidal surgeries for pituitary tumors. Laryngoscope. 2015 Feb; 125(2):311-7.