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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull

Preferred term

Skull  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cranium

Note

  • bony part of head only; differentiate from HEAD & FACE; "cranial" is SKULL; /abnorm: consider also CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; /anat: consider also CEPHALOMETRY; /inj "cranio-cerebral inj" is CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA (or its specifics) only & not also here unless particularly discussed; /surg: consider also CRANIOTOMY & TREPHINING; "craniofacial dysmorphism" or "craniofacial fibrous dysplasia": index under FACIAL BONES (IM) + SKULL (IM) + FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC (IM)

Scope note

  • The SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN.

In other languages

  • kallo

    Finnish

  • cranium
  • pääkoppa
  • Skalle

    Swedish

  • Huvudskalle
  • Huvudskål
  • Kalvarium
  • Kranium

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012886

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