| external lip of iliac crest | The roughened outer margin of the crest that gives attachment to the external oblique and latissimus dorsi muscles above and to the fasciae latae and the tensor fascia lata muscle below. Synonym: labium externum cristae iliacae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| external occipital crest | A ridge extending from the external occipital protuberance to the border of the foramen magnum. Synonym: crista occipitalis externa, linea nuchae mediana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| falciform crest | A horizontal ridge that divides the fundus of the internal acoustic meatus into a superior and an inferior area. In the former are the introitus of the facial canal and openings for the branches of the vestibular nerve to the utricle and to the ampullae of the anterior and lateral saemicircular canals. In the latter are openings for the cochlear nerve, and for branches of the vestibular nerve to the saccule and to the ampulla of the posterior saemicircular canal. Synonym: crista transversa, falciform crest, transverse crest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethral crest | Longitudinal mucosal fold in the dorsal wall of the urethra. See: urethral crest of female, urethral crest of male. Synonym: crista urethralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethral crest of female | A conspicuous longitudinal fold of mucosa on the posterior wall of the urethra. Synonym: crista urethralis femininae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethral crest of male | A longitudinal fold on the posterior wall of the urethra extending from the uvula of the bladder through the prostatic urethra; prominent in its midportion is the seminal colliculus. Synonym: crista phallica, crista urethralis masculinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral epicondylar crest | The distal sharp portion of the lateral margin of the humerus. Synonym: crista supracondylaris lateralis, lateral epicondylar crest, lateral epicondylar ridge, lateral supracondylar crest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral supracondylar crest | The distal sharp portion of the lateral margin of the humerus. Synonym: crista supracondylaris lateralis, lateral epicondylar crest, lateral epicondylar ridge, lateral supracondylar crest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal crest | A ridge arising at the termination of the sagittal sulcus on the cerebral surface of the frontal bone and ending at the foramen caecum. Synonym: crista frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute anterior poliomyelitis | Inflammation of the anterior cornua of the spinal cord; an acute infectious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus and marked by fever, pains, and gastroenteric disturbances, followed by a flaccid paralysis of one or more muscular groups, and later by atrophy. Synonym: acute atrophic paralysis, myogenic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis | Acidophil cell's that constitute about 35% of the cell's of the anterior lobe. There are two varieties: one that elaborates somatotropin, another that elaborates prolactin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior | <anatomy> Toward the front or in front of. (27 Sep 1997) |
| anterior ampullar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the utriculoampullar nerve that supplies the crista ampullaris of the anterior saemicircular duct. Synonym: nervus ampullaris anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior antebrachial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the median arising in elbow region, running on interosseous membrane, supplying the flexor pollicis longus, part of flexor digitorum profundus and the pronator quadratus muscles, as well as radiocarpal and intercarpal joints. Synonym: nervus interosseus anterior, ramus profundus nervi radialis, nervus antebrachii anterior, anterior antebrachial nerve, volar interosseous nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior antebrachial region | The area between the radial and ulnar borders of the forearm anteriorly. Synonym: facies antebrachialis anterior, regio antebrachialis anterior, anterior antebrachial region, anterior surface of forearm, facies anterior antebrachii. (05 Mar 2000) |