| opening of the sphenoidal sinus |
One of the pair of openings in the body of the sphenoid bone through which the sphenoid sinuses communicate with the sphenoethmoidal recess of the nasal cavity.
Synonym: apertura sinus sphenoidalis, sphenoidal sinus aperture.
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| emissary sphenoidal foramen |
<anatomy> A minute inconstant foramen in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, anterior and medial to the foramen ovale, transmitting a small emissary vein from the cavernous sinus.
Synonym: emissary sphenoidal foramen, venous foramen, Vesalius' foramen.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolar border |
The most occlusal edge of the alveolar bone.
Synonym: alveolar process.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior border |
The ventral or most forward margin of a structure.
Synonym: anterior margin, ventral border.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| 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.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| 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.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| 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.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior border of pancreas |
The sharp margin between the anterior and inferior surfaces of the pancreas.
Synonym: margo anterior pancreatis.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| 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.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior border of testis |
An imaginary convex line demarcating the lateral and medial surfaces.
Synonym: margo anterior testis.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| 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.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| 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.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| border |
The part of a surface that forms its outer boundary.
See: edge, margin, border.
Synonym: margo.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| border cells |
Cell's forming the inner boundary of the organ of Corti.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| border disease |
Congenital disorder of lambs caused by a virus closely related to or identical with certain strains of bovine viral diarrhoea virus.
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