Petrous Bone
"Petrous Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at the base of the skull. Sometimes it is combined with the MASTOID PROCESS and called petromastoid part of temporal bone.
| Descriptor ID |
D010579
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.885.681
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| Concept/Terms |
Petrous Bone- Petrous Bone
- Bone, Petrous
- Bones, Petrous
- Petrous Bones
- Petrous Pyramid
- Petrous Pyramids
- Pyramid, Petrous
- Pyramids, Petrous
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