| pyriform aperture wiring | A method of wiring using the nasal bones at the area of the pyriform aperture for the stabilization of fractures of the jaw. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gilmer wiring | A method of intermaxillary fixation in which single opposing teeth are wired circumferentially, and the wires are twisted together. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perialveolar wiring | <dentistry> Fixing a splint to the maxillary arch by passing a wire through the alveolar process from the buccal plate to the palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumferential wiring | Fixation of mandibular fractures by passing wires around a section of bone with the ends exiting into the oral cavity; i.e., circummandibular and circumzygomatic wiring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wiring | Fastening together the ends of a broken bone by wire sutures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| continuous loop wiring | The formation of wire loops on both maxillary and mandibular teeth, for the placement of intermaxillary elastics; used in reduction and fixation of fractures. Synonym: Stout's wiring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial suspension wiring | A method of wiring using areas of bones not contiguous with the oral cavity for the support of fractured jaw segments (e.g., pyriform aperture, zygomatic arch, zygomatic process of the frontal bone). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stout's wiring | The formation of wire loops on both maxillary and mandibular teeth, for the placement of intermaxillary elastics; used in reduction and fixation of fractures. Synonym: Stout's wiring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ivy loop wiring | Placement of a wire around two adjacent teeth to provide an attachment for intermaxillary elastics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric wiring | An arrangement of wires distributing electricity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior piriform gyrus | A gyrus covering deeply placed amygdaloid nucleus; concerned with olfactory function. Synonym: anterior piriform gyrus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| piriform | Pear-shaped. Synonym: pyriform. Origin: L. Pirum, pear, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| piriform area | The olfactory cortex, corresponding to the rostral half of the uncus; receiving its major afferents from the olfactory bulb, it is classified as allocortex. See: cerebral cortex. Synonym: olfactory cortex, piriform area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| piriform cortex | The olfactory cortex, corresponding to the rostral half of the uncus; receiving its major afferents from the olfactory bulb, it is classified as allocortex. See: cerebral cortex. Synonym: olfactory cortex, piriform area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| piriform fossa | A recess in the anterolateral wall of the nasopharynx on each side of the vestible of the larynx separated from it by the aryepiglottic folds. Synonym: recessus piriformis, piriform recess, piriform sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |