Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005147
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005147
Preferred Name

Facial Bones

Definitions
The facial skeleton, consisting of bones situated between the cranial base and the mandibular region. While some consider the facial bones to comprise the hyoid (HYOID BONE), palatine (HARD PALATE), and zygomatic (ZYGOMA) bones, MANDIBLE, and MAXILLA, others include also the lacrimal and nasal bones, inferior nasal concha, and vomer but exclude the hyoid bone. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p113)
Synonyms
Facial Bone
Bone, Facial
Bones, Facial
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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