frontal tuber

frontal tuber
tuber frontale [TA] one of the slight rounded prominences on the frontal bone on either side superior to the eyes, forming the most prominent portions of the forehead; called also eminentia frontalis [TA alternative] and frontal eminence.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • frontal eminence — n the prominence of the human frontal bone above each superciliary ridge * * * tuber frontale …   Medical dictionary

  • Tuber — A lump or bump. The backward protrusion of the heel is called the tuber calcanei or, alternatively, the tuberosity of the calcaneus. Small tubers are a characteristic finding in tuberculosis, and tubers in the brain are seen in tuberous sclerosis …   Medical dictionary

  • Frontal eminence — Infobox Bone Name = Frontal eminence Latin = t. frontale, e. frontalis GraySubject = 33 GrayPage = 135 Caption = Frontal bone. Outer surface. (Frontal eminence is labeled at center right.) Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber =… …   Wikipedia

  • Кости головы (череп) — …   Атлас анатомии человека

  • eminence — A circumscribed area raised above the general level of the surrounding surface, particularly on a bone surface. SYN: eminentia [TA]. [L. eminentia] abducens e. SYN: facial colliculus. arcuate e. [TA] a prominence …   Medical dictionary

  • eminentia — SYN: eminence. [L. prominence, fr. e mineo, to stand out, project] e. abducentis SYN: facial colliculus. e. arcuata [TA] SYN: arcuate eminence. e. articularis ossis temporalis SYN: articular tubercle of temporal bone. e. carpi radialis SYN …   Medical dictionary

  • branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery …   Medical dictionary

  • Ramus — In anatomy, a branch, such as a branch of a blood vessel or nerve. For example, the ramus acetabularis arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis is the branch of an artery that goes to the socket of the hip joint. The plural of ramus is rami. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

  • Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… …   Medical dictionary

  • Головной мозг — (encephalon) (рис. 258) располагается в полости мозгового черепа. Средний вес мозга взрослого человека составляет примерно 1350 г. Он имеет овоидную форму из за выступающих лобных и затылочных полюсов. На наружной выпуклой верхнелатеральной… …   Атлас анатомии человека

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”