Sphenoid Bone

"Sphenoid 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.

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An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).

Descriptor ID

D013100

MeSH Number(s)

A02.835.232.781.802

Concept/Terms

Sphenoid Bone

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sphenoid Bone".

Anatomy [A]
Musculoskeletal System [A02]
Skeleton [A02.835]
Bone and Bones [A02.835.232]
Skull [A02.835.232.781]
Sphenoid Bone [A02.835.232.781.802]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Sphenoid Bone".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sphenoid Bone".

Sphenoid Bone
Sella Turcica

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sphenoid Bone" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Sphenoid Bone" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 112 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	3	3
1995	0	1	1
1996	0	4	4
1997	1	0	1
1998	0	1	1
1999	2	3	5
2000	1	3	4
2001	2	3	5
2002	3	4	7
2003	2	3	5
2004	0	2	2
2005	6	5	11
2006	4	1	5
2007	0	1	1
2008	2	2	4
2010	3	3	6
2011	4	2	6
2012	1	0	1
2013	2	1	3
2014	3	2	5
2015	2	2	4
2016	4	6	10
2017	2	2	4
2018	2	1	3
2019	0	3	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	0	4	4
2022	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sphenoid Bone" by people in Profiles.

Nonmetric Variants of Anatolian Crania: A Preliminary Study. J Craniofac Surg. 2022 Nov-Dec 01; 33(8):2677-2681.

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Hyperostotic Invasive Meningioma of the Sphenoid Ridge Surgical Considerations: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2022 03 01; 22(3):e124-e125.

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Microsurgical Resection of a Parasellar Meningioma Invading the Cavernous Sinus, Bone, and Optic Canal: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 11 15; 21(6):E520-E521.

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Pituitary Surgery. Presse Med. 2021 Dec; 50(4):104079.

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Simpson Grade I Resection of Type II Clinoidal Meningioma Through Cranio-orbital Zygomatic Approach: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 10 13; 21(5):E433-E434.

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Orbital Fat Herniation Through the Superior Orbital Fissure in Thyroid Eye Disease. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 May-Jun 01; 37(3S):S172.

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Sniffin' Sticks to Measure Olfactory Function and Recovery Following Bilateral Superior Turbinate Resection as Part of Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2021 Jun; 130(6):636-642.

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Optimizing pre-, intra-, and postoperative management of patients with sellar pathology undergoing transsphenoidal surgery. Neurosurg Focus. 2020 06; 48(6):E2.

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Outcomes After Repeat Transsphenoidal Surgery for Recurrent Cushing Disease: Updated. Neurosurgery. 2019 12 01; 85(6):E1030-E1036.

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Pituitary adenomas in elderly patients: clinical and surgical outcome analysis in a large series. Endocrine. 2019 09; 65(3):637-645.

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