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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Temporal Bone > Petrous Bone
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Temporal Bone > Petrous Bone

Preferred term

Petrous Bone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Petrous Apex
  • Petrous Pyramid

Note

  • fractures: coordinate PETROUS BONE /inj with SKULL FRACTURES; neoplasms: coordinate with SKULL NEOPLASMS

Scope note

  • The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at the base of the skull. Sometimes it is combined with the MASTOID PROCESS and called petromastoid part of temporal bone.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010579

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