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Bertin bone (ossicle) columns (septa) ligament — Ber·tin bone (ossicle), columns (septa), ligament (bār tăґ) [Exupиre Joseph Bertin, French anatomist, 1712–1781] see concha sphenoidalis, columnae renales, and ligamentum iliofemorale … Medical dictionary
Ossicle — Any small bone, such as the tiny bones within the human ear. * * * A small bone; specifically, one of the bones of the tympanic cavity or middle ear. SYN: ossiculum [TA], bonelet. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, bone] Andernach ossicles SYN: sutural… … Medical dictionary
Bertin — Exupère Joseph, French anatomist, 1712–1781. See B. bones, under bone, B. columns, under column, B. ligament, B. ossicles, under ossicle … Medical dictionary
concha sphenoidalis — [TA] sphenoidal concha: a thin curved plate of bone at the anterior and lower part of the body of the sphenoid bone, on either side, forming part of the roof of the nasal cavity; called also sphenoturbinal bone or ossicle and Bertin bone or… … Medical dictionary
Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body … Medical dictionary
