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MeSH Heading: Frontal Sinus
Tree Number(s): A04.531.621.387
Unique ID: D005626
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005626
Annotation: inflammation or sinusitis = FRONTAL SINUSITIS; fractures: coordinate FRONTAL SINUS /‌inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS (IM)
Scope Note: One of the paired, but seldom symmetrical, air spaces located between the inner and outer compact layers of the FRONTAL BONE in the forehead.
NLM Classification #: WV 350
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Frontal Sinus MeSH Descriptor Data 2023