| quadrate | 1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. "Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate." (Foxe) 2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. " Quadrate and cubical numbers." 3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. " A quadrate, solid, wise man." 4. Squared; suited; correspondent. " A generical description quadrate to both. <anatomy>" Quadrate bone, a bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals. In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is represented by the malleus or incus. Origin: L. Quadratus squared, p. P. Of quadrare to make four-cornered, to make square, to square, to fit, suit, from quadrus square, quattuor four. See Quadrant, and cf. Quadrat, Quarry an arrow, Square. 1. <geometry> A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. "At which command, the powers militant That stood for heaven, in mighty quadrate joined." (Milton) 2. <astronomy> An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90 deg, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect. 3. <anatomy> The quadrate bone. Origin: L. Quadratum. See Quadrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| quadrate ligament | <anatomy> Fibres that pass from the distal margin of the radial notch of the ulna to the neck of the radius. Synonym: ligamentum quadratum, Denuce's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate lobe | A lobe on the inferior surface of the liver located between the fossa for the gallbladder and the fissure for the ligamentum teres. Synonym: quadrangular lobule. Synonym: precuneus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate lobule | The main portion of the superior part of each hemisphere of the cerebellum, corresponding to the monticulus of the vermis; it is divided into two portions, the anterior and the posterior crescentic lobules, corresponding to the culmen and the declive of the vermis. Synonym: lobulus quadrangularis, lobus quadratus, lobulus quadratus, quadrate lobe, quadrate lobule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate muscle | <anatomy> A muscle that is more or less square in shape. Synonym: musculus quadratus, quadrate muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate muscle of loins | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, iliac crest, iliolumbar ligament, and transverse processes of lower lumbar vertebrae; insertion, twelfth rib and transverse processes of upper lumbar vertebrae; action, abducts trunk; nerve supply, ventral primary rami of upper lumbar spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus quadratus lumborum, lumbar quadrate muscle, quadrate muscle of loins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate muscle of sole | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, by two heads from the lateral and medial borders of the inferior surface of the calcaneus; insertion, tendons of flexor digitorum longus; action, assists long flexor; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor accessorius, musculus quadratus plantae, accessory flexor muscle of foot, caro quadrata sylvii, musculus pronator pedis, plantar quadrate muscle, quadrate muscle of sole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate muscle of thigh | <anatomy> Insertion, intertrochanteric ridge; origin, lateral border of tuberosity of ischium; action, rotates thigh laterally; nerve supply, nerve to quadratus femoris (sacral plexus). Synonym: musculus quadratus femoris, quadrate muscle of thigh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate muscle of upper lip | Composed of three heads usually described as three separate muscles; they are the caput angulare or levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle; caput infraorbitale or levator labii superioris muscle; caput zygomaticum or zygomaticus minor muscle. Synonym: quadrate muscle of upper lip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate part of liver | The part of the medial segment of the liver which includes the quadrate lobe. Synonym: pars quadrata hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quadrate pronator muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, distal fourth of anterior surface of ulna; insertion, distal fourth of anterior surface of radius; action, pronates forearm; nerve supply, anterior interosseous. Synonym: musculus pronator quadratus, quadrate pronator muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory quadrate cartilage | The two to four cartilaginous plates of the wing of the nose posterior to the greater alar cartilage. Synonym: cartilagines alares minores, accessory quadrate cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| plantar quadrate muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, by two heads from the lateral and medial borders of the inferior surface of the calcaneus; insertion, tendons of flexor digitorum longus; action, assists long flexor; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor accessorius, musculus quadratus plantae, accessory flexor muscle of foot, caro quadrata sylvii, musculus pronator pedis, plantar quadrate muscle, quadrate muscle of sole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar quadrate muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, iliac crest, iliolumbar ligament, and transverse processes of lower lumbar vertebrae; insertion, twelfth rib and transverse processes of upper lumbar vertebrae; action, abducts trunk; nerve supply, ventral primary rami of upper lumbar spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus quadratus lumborum, lumbar quadrate muscle, quadrate muscle of loins. (05 Mar 2000) |
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a cubelike object a square-shaped object having four sides and four angles
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square; somewhat square.
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square or nearly square; rectangular
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Major malefic square aspect of 90 degrees.. Quadratures - Moon's dichotomes: changes, phases or quarters. Frequently referred to as the square aspect.
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More or less square.
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