"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Skull" by people in this website by year, and whether "Skull" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 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 | 8 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skull" by people in Profiles.
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Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan. Nature. 2025 May; 641(8065):1201-1207.
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Cranial vault thickness, its internal organization, and its relationship with endocranial shape in Neanderthals and modern humans. J Hum Evol. 2025 Jul; 204:103683.
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Cranial kinematics and prey-type effects in Amia ocellicauda feeding strikes. Proc Biol Sci. 2025 Apr; 292(2045):20242542.
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The Evolution of Virtual Surgical Planning in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery: A Comprehensive Review. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Mar; 83(3):294-306.
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Jaw-muscle fiber architecture and skull form facilitate relatively wide jaw gapes in male cercopithecoid monkeys. J Hum Evol. 2024 12; 197:103601.
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Ecological shifts underlie parallels between ontogenetic and evolutionary allometries in parrotfishes. Proc Biol Sci. 2024 Oct; 291(2033):20241897.
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Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins. J Morphol. 2024 May; 285(5):e21705.
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Comparative cranial biomechanics reveal that Late Cretaceous tyrannosaurids exerted relatively greater bite force than in early-diverging tyrannosauroids. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2024 May; 307(5):1897-1917.
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Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins. J Exp Biol. 2023 08 01; 226(15).
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Mosaic Evolution of the Skull in Labrid Fishes Involves Differences in Both Tempo and Mode of Morphological Change. Syst Biol. 2023 Jun 16; 72(2):419-432.