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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Skull Base
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Skull Base
Body Regions > Head > Skull Base

Preferred term

Skull Base  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Base, Cranial
  • Base of Skull
  • Basicranium
  • Basis cranii
  • Cranial Base

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS is available

Scope note

  • The inferior region of the skull consisting of an internal (cerebral), and an external (basilar) surface.

History note

  • 97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019291

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