"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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| Concept/Terms |
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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 | 2 | 6 |
| 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 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skull" by people in Profiles.
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Jaw-muscle fiber architecture and skull form facilitate relatively wide jaw gapes in male cercopithecoid monkeys. J Hum Evol. 2024 Dec; 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.
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Reappraising the palaeobiology of Australopithecus. Nature. 2023 05; 617(7959):45-54.
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Sonolucent Cranioplasty in Extracranial to Intracranial Bypass Surgery: Early Multicenter Experience of 44 Cases. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023 07 01; 25(1):20-27.
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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 02; 614(7948):486-491.