| papilla incisiva | A slight elevation of the mucosa at the anterior extremity of the raphe of the palate. Synonym: papilla incisiva, palatine papilla. Interdental papilla, the gingiva that fills the interproximal space between two adjacent teeth. Synonym: gingival septum, interproximal papilla. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| saemicrista incisiva | The midline ridge in the floor of the nasal cavity, formed by the union of the paired maxillae and palatine bones; the vomer attaches to the crest. Synonym: crista nasalis, saemicrista incisiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sutura incisiva | Line of union of the two portions of the maxilla (pre-and postmaxilla); it is present at birth but may persist into old age. Synonym: sutura incisiva, premaxillary suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fossa incisiva | The depression in the midline of the bony palate behind the central incisors into which the incisive canals open. Synonym: fossa incisiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolar foramina | Openings of the posterior dental canals on the infratemporal surface of the maxilla. Synonym: foramina alveolaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| papillary foramina of kidney | Numerous minute openings, the apertures of the papillary ducts converging on the apical pole of each renal papilla. Synonym: foramina papillaria renis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vieussens' foramina | <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior palatine foramina | Openings on the hard palate of palatine canals passing vertically through the tuberosity of the palatine bone and transmitting the smaller palatine nerves and vessels. Synonym: foramina palatina minora, posterior palatine foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's foramina | Two openings in the line of the intermaxillary suture; the anterior foramen transmits the left nasopalatine nerve, the posterior the right. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thebesian foramina | <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lannelongue's foramina | <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramina | <anatomy> The pleural of foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramina alveolaria | Openings of the posterior dental canals on the infratemporal surface of the maxilla. Synonym: foramina alveolaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramina nervosa | The perforations along the tympanic lip of the spiral lamina giving passage to the cochlear nerves. Synonym: habenulae perforata, zona perforata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramina of the smallest veins of heart | <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |