| superior sagittal sinus |
An unpaired dural venous sinus in the sagittal groove, beginning at the foramen caecum and terminating at the confluence of sinuses where it merges with the straight sinus; receives the superior cerebral veins and has lateral extensions, the lateral venous lacunae.
Synonym: sinus sagittalis superior, superior longitudinal sinus.
Tarsal sinus, a hollow or canal formed by the groove of the talus and the interosseous groove of the calcaneus which is occupied by the interosseous talocalcaneal ligament.
Synonym: sinus tarsi, tarsal canal.
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| inferior sagittal sinus |
An unpaired dural venous sinus in the lower margin of the falx cerebri, running parallel to the superior sagittal sinus and merging with the great cerebral vein to form the the straight sinus.
Synonym: sinus sagittalis inferior, inferior longitudinal sinus.
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| left sagittal fissure |
A sagittal groove on the undersurface of the liver formed by the fissura ligamenti teretis anteriorly and the fissura ligamenti venosi posteriorly.
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| alveolar border |
The most occlusal edge of the alveolar bone.
Synonym: alveolar process.
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| anterior border |
The ventral or most forward margin of a structure.
Synonym: anterior margin, ventral border.
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| anterior border of eyelids |
The anterior edge of the free margin of each eyelid, along close to which the eyelashes are embedded.
Synonym: limbus palpebrales anteriores.
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| anterior border of fibula |
A ridge on the shaft of the fibula to which is attached the anterior intermuscular septum of the leg.
Synonym: margo anterior fibulae.
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| anterior border of lung |
The thin anteromedial or sternal edge of the lung which overlaps the pericardial sac anteriorly and forms the boundary between the mediastinal and costal surfaces.
Synonym: margo anterior pulmonis.
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| anterior border of pancreas |
The sharp margin between the anterior and inferior surfaces of the pancreas.
Synonym: margo anterior pancreatis.
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| anterior border of radius |
The ridge on the shaft of the radius extending from the radial tuberosity to the anterior part of the styloid process.
Synonym: margo anterior radii.
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| anterior border of testis |
An imaginary convex line demarcating the lateral and medial surfaces.
Synonym: margo anterior testis.
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| anterior border of tibia |
The sharp subcutaneous ridge of the tibia that extends from the tuberosity to the anterior part of the medial malleolus.
Synonym: margo anterior tibiae, anticnemion, shin, tibial crest.
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| anterior border of ulna |
The ridge on the body of the ulna that extends from the tuberosity to the anterior part of the styloid process.
Synonym: margo anterior ulnae.
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| border |
The part of a surface that forms its outer boundary.
See: edge, margin, border.
Synonym: margo.
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| border cells |
Cell's forming the inner boundary of the organ of Corti.
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