Chin
"Chin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The anatomical frontal portion of the mandible, also known as the mentum, that contains the line of fusion of the two separate halves of the mandible (symphysis menti). This line of fusion divides inferiorly to enclose a triangular area called the mental protuberance. On each side, inferior to the second premolar tooth, is the mental foramen for the passage of blood vessels and a nerve.
| Descriptor ID |
D002680
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.456.505.259 A02.835.232.781.324.502.632.130 A14.521.632.300
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chin" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Sin B, Nguyen T, Chew S, Caffarini E, Nawaratne U, Kondamudi N. Intranasal Ketamine in Subdissociative Doses for a 2-Year-Old. Am J Ther. 2017 Jul/Aug; 24(4):e497-e498.