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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 Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

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)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Nasal Bone MeSH Descriptor Data 2025