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Nasal Bone MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Nasal Bone
Tree Number(s)
A02.835.232.781.324.665
A04.531.378
Unique ID
D009295
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009295
Annotation
/abnorm permitted for congenital deformities but acquired deformities = NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; / surg: consider also RHINOPLASTY; fractures: coordinate NASAL BONE / inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate NASAL BONE (IM) + NOSE NEOPLASMS (IM)
Scope Note
Either one of the two small elongated rectangular bones that together form the bridge of the nose.
Entry Term(s)
Nasal Bones
Previous Indexing
Nose (1966-1974)
See Also
Rhinoplasty
Public MeSH Note
78; was see under NOSE 1963-77
Online Note
search NOSE 1966-74
History Note
78(75); was see under NOSE 1963-77
Date Introduced
1978/01/01
Last Updated
2018/06/29
Nasal Bone Preferred
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