| lenticular process of incus | A knob at the tip of the long limb of the incus which articulates with the stapes. Synonym: processus lenticularis incudis, lenticular apophysis, lenticular bone, orbicular bone, orbicular process, orbiculare, os orbiculare, os sylvii. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| body of incus | The main part of the incus that articulates with the malleus and from which the short and long limbs arise. Synonym: corpus incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior ligament of incus | Ligamentous band extending from short crus of fincus. Synonym: ligamentum incudis posterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short crus of incus | The short crus of incus; the process of the incus that fits into a depression (fossa incudis) in the epitympanic recess. Synonym: crus breve incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior ligament of incus | Connects the body of the incus with the roof of the tympanic recess. Synonym: ligamentum incudis superius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incus | <anatomy> One of three ossicles in the ear lying between the malleus and stapes. (13 Nov 1997) |
| fossa for incus | A small depression in the lower and posterior part of the epitympanic recess that lodges the short limb of the incus. Synonym: fossa for incus, incudal fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long crus of incus | The process of the incus that articulates with the stapes. Synonym: crus longum incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vossius' lenticular ring | A ring-shaped opacity found on the anterior lens capsule after contusion of the eye, due to pigment and blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile lenticular myopia | 1. <ophthalmology> Improved near vision in the aged as a result of increased refractivity of the nucleus of the lens causing myopia. Synonym: senile lenticular myopia. 2. The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events. Such as are of a disastrous kind, the capacity of a seer or prophetic vision. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lenticular | 1. <anatomy> Pertaining to or shaped like a lens. 2. <ophthalmology> Pertaining to the crystalline lens of the eye. 3. <neurology> Pertaining to the lenticular nucleus. Origin: L. Lenticularis (18 Nov 1997) |
| lenticular ansa | The pallidal efferent fibres curving around the medial border of the internal capsule. Synonym: ansa lenticularis, lenticular ansa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lenticular apophysis | A knob at the tip of the long limb of the incus which articulates with the stapes. Synonym: processus lenticularis incudis, lenticular apophysis, lenticular bone, orbicular bone, orbicular process, orbiculare, os orbiculare, os sylvii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lenticular astigmatism | Astigmatism due to defect in the curvature, position, or index of refraction of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lenticular bone | A knob at the tip of the long limb of the incus which articulates with the stapes. Synonym: processus lenticularis incudis, lenticular apophysis, lenticular bone, orbicular bone, orbicular process, orbiculare, os orbiculare, os sylvii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lenticular capsule | The capsule enclosing the lens of the eye. Synonym: capsula lentis, crystalline capsule, lenticular capsule, phacocyst. (05 Mar 2000) |