| 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) |
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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. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior temporal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the insular part of the middle cerebral artery distributed to the cortex of the anterior part of the temporal lobe. Synonym: arteria temporalis anterior. (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. (12 Dec 1998) |
| border disease virus | A species of pestivirus causing a congenital sheep disease characterised by an abnormally hairy birth-coat, tremors, and poor growth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| border molding | The shaping of an impression material by the manipulation or action of the tissues adjacent to the borders of an impression. Synonym: muscle-trimming, tissue molding, tissue-trimming. (05 Mar 2000) |
| border movements | Any extreme compass of mandibular movement limited by bone, ligaments, or soft tissues; usually applied to horizontal mandibular movement's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| border of uterus | The right or left margin of the uterus along which the broad ligament is attached. The uterine tube and round ligament attach to the uterus at the upper part of the border. Synonym: margo uteri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| border tissue movements | The action of the muscles and other tissues adjacent to the borders of a denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brush border | <pathology> The densely packed microvilli on the apical surface of, for example: intestinal epithelial cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| radial border of forearm | An imaginary line running along the outermost extent of the forearm separating anterior and posterior surfaces laterally. Synonym: margo lateralis antebrachii, margo radialis antebrachii, radial border of forearm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventral border | The ventral or most forward margin of a structure. Synonym: anterior margin, ventral border. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermilion border | The red margin of the upper and lower lip that commences at the exterior edge of the intraoral labial mucosa ("moist line") and extends outward, terminating at the extraoral labial cutaneous junction; a thinly keratinised type of stratified squamous epithelium deeply penetrated by well-vascularised dermal papillae which show through the translucent epidermis to impart the typical red appearance of the lips. Synonym: vermilion zone, vermilion transitional zone. (05 Mar 2000) |