"Temporal Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Either of a pair of compound bones forming the lateral (left and right) surfaces and base of the skull which contains the organs of hearing. It is a large bone formed by the fusion of parts: the squamous (the flattened anterior-superior part), the tympanic (the curved anterior-inferior part), the mastoid (the irregular posterior portion), and the petrous (the part at the base of the skull).
| Descriptor ID |
D013701
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.885
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| Concept/Terms |
Temporal Bone- Temporal Bone
- Bone, Temporal
- Bones, Temporal
- Temporal Bones
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Temporal Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Temporal Bone Gunshot Wounds: A Multi-institutional Retrospective Study. Otol Neurotol. 2025 Jan 01; 46(1):104-111.
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Treatment of tegmen dehiscence using a middle fossa approach and autologous temporalis fascia graft: Outcomes from a single center. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2022 08; 219:107331.
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Normal Anatomic Structures, Variants, and Mimics of the Temporal Bone. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2022 May; 32(2):345-361.
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Histology of the Cochlear Outer Sulcus Cells in Normal Human Ears, Presbycusis, and Menière's Disease. Otol Neurotol. 2020 04; 41(4):e507-e515.
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Diagnostic Protocol for Detecting Otosclerosis on High-Resolution Temporal Bone CT. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2019 Nov; 128(11):1054-1060.
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CT Imaging Categorization and Biomarker Study of Anomalous Tympanic Segment of the Facial Nerves in Patients With Hearing Loss in the Absence of Microtia. Ear Nose Throat J. 2019 Jul; 98(6):340-345.
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Imaging Findings in Syndromes with Temporal Bone Abnormalities. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2019 Feb; 29(1):117-128.
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Temporal bone anomalies associated with unbalanced 9;13 chromosome translocation depicted on CT and MRI. Ear Nose Throat J. 2018 Jan-Feb; 97(1-2):E54-E55.
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Middle Cranial Fossa Dehiscence as an Incidental Finding on CT. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2016 Sep; 125(9):729-33.
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In response to Spontaneous middle cranial fossa cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea in adults. Laryngoscope. 2016 10; 126(10):E344.