| medial surface | The surface of a part of the body that faces toward the midline. The NA recognises a medial surface on the following structures: arytenoid cartilage; fibula; lung; ovary; testis; tibia; ulna. Synonym: facies medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medial surface of arytenoid cartilage | medial surface of arytenoid cartilage |
| medial surface of cerebral hemisphere | It faces, above as well as anterior and posterior to the corpus callosum, the falx cerebri; below it are the mesencephalon and the dura-covered medial wall of the middle cranial fossa. Synonym: facies medialis cerebri, medial cerebral surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of fibula | medial surface of fibula |
| medial surface of lung | It consists of a vertebral part and a mediastinal part. See: mediastinal surface of lung. Synonym: facies medialis pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of ovary | The surface of the ovary that faces the pelvic cavity. Synonym: facies medialis ovarii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of testis | medial surface of testis |
| medial surface of tibia | medial surface of tibia |
| medial surface of toes | The medial surface of a toe. Synonym: facies medialis digiti pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of ulna | medial surface of ulna |
| renal surface of spleen | The surface of the spleen in contact with the left kidney. Synonym: facies renalis lienis, facies renalis splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal surface of suprarenal gland | Surface of suprarenal gland in contact with the kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal surface of the suprarenal gland | The surface of the suprarenal gland in contact with the kidney. Synonym: renal surface of the suprarenal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cell surface marker | <cell biology> Any molecule characteristic of the plasma membrane of a cell or in some cases of a specific cell type. 5' nucleotidase and Na/K ATPase are often used as plasma membrane markers. (26 Mar 1998) |
| mediastinal surface of lung | The part of the medial surface of a lung in contact with the mediastinum. Synonym: pars mediastinalis pulmonis, facies mediastinalis pulmonis, mediastinal part of lung. (05 Mar 2000) |