| CAS | calcarine sulcus; calcific aortic stenosis; Cancer Attitude Survey; carbohydrate-active steroid; car... |
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| CiS | cingulate sulcus |
| MOS | medial orbital sulcus; Medical Outcomes Study; microsomal ethanol-oxidizing system; Moloney murine s... |
| OTS | occipital temporal sulcus; orotracheal suction |
| RoS | rostral sulcus |
| humerus | Origin: L. <anatomy> The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb. The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| shaft of humerus | The elongated rod-like portion of the humerus between the surgical neck proximally and the emergence of the supracondylar ridges distally. Synonym: corpus humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neck of humerus | See: anatomical neck of humerus, surgical neck of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient arteries of humerus | Origin, deep brachial; distribution, the medullary cavity of the humerus. Synonym: arteriae nutriciae humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical neck of humerus | The narrow portion below the head and tuberosities. Synonym: collum chirurgicum humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trochlea of humerus | The grooved surface at the lower end of the humerus articulating with the trochlear notch of the ulna. Synonym: trochlea humeri, pulley of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral border of humerus | The ridge on the humerus that extends from the greater tubercle to the lateral epicondyle. Synonym: margo lateralis humerii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral epicondyle of humerus | The epicondylus situated at the lateral side of the distal end of the bone. Synonym: epicondylus lateralis humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lesser tubercle of humerus | The anterior of the two tubercles of the neck of the humerus on which the subscapularis is inserted. Synonym: tuberculum minus humeri, lesser tuberosity of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lesser tuberosity of humerus | The anterior of the two tubercles of the neck of the humerus on which the subscapularis is inserted. Synonym: tuberculum minus humeri, lesser tuberosity of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| little head of humerus | The small rounded eminence on the lateral half of the distal end of the humerus for articulation with the radius. Synonym: capitulum humeri, capitellum, little head of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular lip of limbus of spiral lamina | vestibular labium of limbus of spiral lamina |
| hamulus of spiral lamina | The upper hooklike termination of the bony spiral lamina at the apex of the cochlea. Synonym: hamulus laminae spiralis, hamulus cochleae, hook of spiral lamina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal spiral septum | See: spiral septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary spiral lamina | A ridge on the outer wall of the first turn of the cochlea opposite the spiral lamina. Synonym: lamina spiralis secundaria, secondary spiral plate. (05 Mar 2000) |