- sigmoid sulcus
- sulcus for sigmoid sinus s. sinus sigmoidei.
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sigmoid sulcus
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Sigmoid sulcus — Infobox Bone Name = Sigmoid sulcus Latin = sulcus sinus sigmoidei ossis temporalis GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 142 Caption = Left temporal bone. Inner surface. (Sigmoid sulcus visible at center left.) Caption2 = Base of the skull. Upper surface.… … Wikipedia
Sulcus (anatomy) — A sulcus (pronounced with a hard c) (pl. sulci ) is a depression or fissure in the surface of an organ, especially the brain. Examples of sulciIn the brainSee Sulcus (neuroanatomy)Elsewhere* sulcus arteriæ vertebralis * sagittal sulcus * sigmoid… … Wikipedia
Sulcus — From the Latin for a groove, furrow, or trench. In medicine, there are many sulci (plural of sulcus) as, for example, the superior pulmonary sulcus. * * * 1. [TA] One of the grooves or furrows on the surface of the brain, bounding the several… … Medical dictionary
Sigmoid sinus — Infobox Vein Name = Sigmoid sinus Latin = sulcus sigmoideus GraySubject = 171 GrayPage = 657 Caption = Dural veins. ( Pars sigmoid labeled at lower right.) Caption2 = DrainsFrom = Source = transverse sinus | DrainsTo = internal jugular vein… … Wikipedia
sulcus sinus sigmoidei — [TA] groove for sigmoid sinus: an S shaped sulcus beginning on the internal surface of the posteroinferior edge of the parietal bone and continuous with the lateral end of the groove for transverse sinus; it passes onto the internal surface of… … Medical dictionary
sigmoid groove — groove for sigmoid sinus sulcus sinus sigmoidei … Medical dictionary
sulcus sinus transversi — [TA] groove for transverse sinus: a wide groove that passes horizontally, laterally, and anteriorly from the internal occipital protuberance to the parietal bone, where it becomes continuous with the sulcus of the sigmoid sinus; it lodges the… … Medical dictionary
Groove for sigmoid sinus — Infobox Bone Name = PAGENAME Latin = sulcus sinus sigmoidei ossis parietalis GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Groove for sigmoid sinus not labeled, but Posterior cranial fossa is the bottommost of the three… … Wikipedia
groove — A narrow, elongate depression or furrow on any surface. SEE ALSO: sulcus. alveolobuccal g. the upper and lower half of the buccal vestibule on each side. SYN: alveolobuccal sulcus, gingivobuccal g., gingivobuccal sulcus. alveololabial g. 1. the… … Medical dictionary
Bone — This article is about the skeletal organ. For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation) and Bones (disambiguation). For the tissue, see Osseous tissue. Drawing of a human femur Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of… … Wikipedia
