| nasus | Synonym: external nose. Synonym: nose. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nasus externus | The visible portion of the nose which forms a prominent feature of the face; it consists of a root, dorsum and apex from above downward and is perforated inferiorly by two nostrils separated by a septum. Synonym: nasus externus, nasus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ala auris | <botany> An ear-shaped appendage at the base of a leaf, leaflet or corolla lobe. Adj. Auriculate. (09 Oct 1997) |
| antrum auris | The passage leading inward through the tympanic portion of the temporal bone, from the auricle to the tympanic membrane; it consists of a bony (inner) portion and a fibrocartilaginous (outer) portion, the cartilaginous external acoustic meatus. Synonym: meatus acusticus externus, acoustic meatus, antrum auris, auditory canal, external auditory meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auris | Synonym: ear. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auris externa | Which includes the auricle and the external acoustic, or auditory, meatus; the middle ear or the tympanic cavity with its ossicles; and the internal ear or inner ear, or labyrinth, which includes the saemicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea. See: auricle. Synonym: auris. Origin: A.S. Eare (05 Mar 2000) |
| auris interna | auris interna |
| auris media | auris media |
| vasa auris internae | Blood vessels of the internal ear, consisting of the labyrinthine artery and its branches and the labyrinthine veins and their tributaries. Synonym: vasa auris internae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| columella auris | The middle ear ossicle of amphibians, reptiles, and birds; homologous with the stapes of mammals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisura anterior auris | A notch between the supratragic tubercle and the crus of the helix. Synonym: incisura anterior auris, anterior auricular groove, auricular notch, sulcus auriculae anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisura terminalis auris | A deep notch separating the lamina tragi and cartilage of the external auditory meatus from the main auricular cartilage, the two being connected below by the isthmus. Synonym: incisura terminalis auris, auricular notch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isthmus cartilaginis auris | A narrow bridge connecting the cartilage of the external acoustic meatus and the lamina of the tragus with the main portion of the cartilage of the auricle. Synonym: isthmus cartilaginis auris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fistula auris congenita | A congenital fistula resulting from a defect in the formation of the auricle of the ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fossa navicularis auris | Outmoded term for scapha. (05 Mar 2000) |