"Skull" 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.
The SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D012886
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2006 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skull" by people in Profiles.
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Diversification of the ruminant skull along an evolutionary line of least resistance. Sci Adv. 2023 03; 9(9):eade8929.
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Exceptional fossil preservation and evolution of the ray-finned fish brain. Nature. 2023 Feb; 614(7948):486-491.
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Suction feeding of West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens): An XROMM analysis of jaw mechanics, cranial kinesis, and hyoid mobility. Biol Open. 2022 09 15; 11(9).
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Burrowing constrains patterns of skull shape evolution in wrasses. Evol Dev. 2023 01; 25(1):73-84.
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New giant carnivorous dinosaur reveals convergent evolutionary trends in theropod arm reduction. Curr Biol. 2022 07 25; 32(14):3195-3202.e5.
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Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus. Proc Biol Sci. 2022 06 08; 289(1976):20220711.
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Unravelling the structural variation of lizard osteoderms. Acta Biomater. 2022 07 01; 146:306-316.
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Evolutionary modularity, integration and disparity in an accretionary skeleton: analysis of venerid Bivalvia. Proc Biol Sci. 2022 01 26; 289(1967):20211199.
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Local Superimpositions Facilitate Morphometric Analysis of Complex Articulating Structures. Integr Comp Biol. 2021 11 17; 61(5):1892-1904.
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Living fast in the Triassic: New data on life history in Lystrosaurus (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) from northeastern Pangea. PLoS One. 2021; 16(11):e0259369.