cartilage of acoustic meatus
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notch in cartilage of acoustic meatus — incisura cartilaginis meatus acustici … Medical dictionary
External acoustic meatus — Infobox Anatomy Name =External acoustic meatus Latin = meatus acusticus externus GraySubject = 229 GrayPage = 1036 Caption = Anatomy of the human ear. Caption2 = Precursor = groove (cleft) of the first branchial arch. [EmbryologyUNC|hednk|022]… … Wikipedia
Cartilage — Firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints. A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body, such as the larynx and the outside parts of the ears. * * * A connective tissue characterized… … Medical dictionary
cartilago meatus acustici — [TA] cartilage of acoustic meatus: the trough shaped cartilage of the cartilaginous part of the external acoustic meatus; called also meatal cartilage … Medical dictionary
incisura cartilaginis meatus acustici — [TA] notch in cartilage of acoustic meatus: two vertical fissures in the anterior part of the cartilage of the external acoustic meatus … Medical dictionary
notch — 1. An indentation at the edge of any structure. 2. Any short, narrow, V shaped deviation, whether positive or negative, in a linear tracing. SYN: incisura [TA], emargination, incisure … Medical dictionary
cartilago — SYN: cartilage.For histologic description, see cartilage. [L. gristle] cartilagines alares minores SYN: minor alar cartilage. c. alaris major SYN: major alar cartilage. c. articularis SYN: articular cartilage. c. arytenoidea [TA] SYN … Medical dictionary
incisura — SYN: notch. [L. a cutting into] i. acetabuli [TA] SYN: acetabular notch. i. angularis [TA] SYN: angular incisure. i. anterior auriculae [TA] i. anterior auris SYN: anterior notch of auricle. i. apicis cordis [TA] SYN: notch of cardiac … Medical dictionary
Fissure — A cleft or groove. A fissure can be normal or abnormal. A fissure in the cerebral cortex is a normal feature. It is a deep fold that involves the entire thickness of the brain wall. A fissure in the anus is distinctly abnormal. It is a painful… … Medical dictionary
incisure — SYN: notch. [L. incisura] angular i. [TA] a sharp angular depression in the lesser curvature of the stomach at the junction of the body with the pyloric canal. SYN: incisura angularis [TA], angular notch, sulcus angularis. Lanterman incisures SYN … Medical dictionary
