"Petrous Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at the base of the skull. Sometimes it is combined with the MASTOID PROCESS and called petromastoid part of temporal bone.
| Descriptor ID |
D010579
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.885.681
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| Concept/Terms |
Petrous Bone- Petrous Bone
- Bone, Petrous
- Bones, Petrous
- Petrous Bones
- Petrous Pyramid
- Petrous Pyramids
- Pyramid, Petrous
- Pyramids, Petrous
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Petrous Bone" by people in Profiles.
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A Unified Classification of Middle Ear and Petrous Bone Congenital Cholesteatomas. J Int Adv Otol. 2022 Jul; 18(4):315-319.
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Analysis of differences in the cranial base and facial skeleton of patients with lambdoid synostosis and deformational plagiocephaly. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Jan; 127(1):303-312.
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Image-guided, endoscopic-assisted drilling and exposure of the whole length of the internal auditory canal and its fundus with preservation of the integrity of the labyrinth using a retrosigmoid approach: a laboratory investigation. Neurosurgery. 2009 Dec; 65(6 Suppl):53-9; discussion 59.
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Petrosal anatomy and inner ear structures of the Late Jurassic Henkelotherium (Mammalia, Cladotheria, Dryolestoidea): insight into the early evolution of the ear region in cladotherian mammals. J Anat. 2009 May; 214(5):679-93.
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Pulse-synchronous torsional pendular nystagmus in unilateral superior canal dehiscence. Neurology. 2008 Apr 01; 70(14):1217-8.
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Craniofacial measurements based on 3D-CT volume rendering: implications for clinical applications. Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2004 May; 33(3):170-6.
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The deformed petrous bone: a new plain film sign of premature lambdoid synostosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1991 Jun; 156(6):1215-7.
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Histopathology of metastatic temporal bone tumors. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1991 Feb; 117(2):189-93.
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Growth of the cranial base in craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1991 Jan; 28(1):55-67.