| triangular fascia | <anatomy> A triangular fibrous band extending from the aponeurosis of the external oblique to the pubic tubercle of the opposite side. See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: ligamentum reflexum, Colles' ligament, fascia triangularis abdominis, reflex ligament, triangular fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| triangular fold | A fold of mucous membrane anterior to the palatine tonsil arising from the palatoglossal arch. Synonym: plica triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular fossa | The depression at the upper part of the auricle between the two crura of the anthelix. Synonym: fossa triangularis, fossa navicularis auriculae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular fovea of arytenoid cartilage | A deep depression in the upper portion of the anterolateral surface of the arytenoid cartilage, lodging glands. Synonym: fovea triangularis cartilaginis arytenoideae, triangular pit of arytenoid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular lamella | A double fold of pia mater, enclosing subarachnoid trabeculae, between the fornix above and the epithelial roof of the third ventricle and the thalami below; at each lateral margin is a vascular fringe projecting into the choroidal fissure of the lateral ventricle; on its undersurface are several small vascular projections filling the folds of the ependymal roof of the third ventricle. Synonym: tela choroidea ventriculi tertii, tela choroidea superior, triangular lamella, velum interpositum, velum triangulare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular ligament | The layer of fascia extending between the ischiopubic rami inferior to the sphincter urethrae and the deep transverse perineal muscles. Synonym: membrana perinei, fascia diaphragmatis urogenitalis inferior, Camper's ligament, ligamentum triangulare, perineal membrane, triangular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular ligaments of liver | See: right triangular ligament, left triangular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular muscle | <anatomy> A muscle that is triangular in shape. Synonym: musculus triangularis. Synonym: depressor anguli oris muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular nucleus | Alternative term for the medial vestibular nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular part | The middle one of three small convolutions which together compose the inferior frontal gyrus of the cerebral cortex; the other two being the orbital part and opercular part. Synonym: pars triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular pit of arytenoid cartilage | A deep depression in the upper portion of the anterolateral surface of the arytenoid cartilage, lodging glands. Synonym: fovea triangularis cartilaginis arytenoideae, triangular pit of arytenoid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular recess | An occasional evagination of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain between the anterior commissure and the diverging pillars of the fornix. Synonym: recessus triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular ridge | A crest or ridge which extends from the apex of a cusp of a premolar or molar tooth toward the central part of the occlusal surface. Synonym: triangular crest, triangular ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular uterus | Uterus bicornis in which the fundus between the two cornua is broad and flat. Synonym: triangular uterus, uterus incudiformis, uterus triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left triangular ligament | <anatomy> A triangular fold of fibrous connective tissue and peritoneum that extends from the left lobe of the liver to the diaphragm. Synonym: ligamentum triangulare sinistrum. (05 Mar 2000) |