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 apex.

- i. cardiaca SYN: cardial notch.

- i. cardiaca pulmonis sinistri [TA] SYN: cardiac notch of left lung.

- i. cardialis [TA] SYN: i. cardialis. SYN: i. cardialis [TA].

- i. cartilaginis meatus acustici [TA] SYN: notch in cartilage of acoustic meatus.

- i. cerebelli anterior SYN: anterior cerebellar notch.

- i. cerebelli posterior SYN: posterior cerebellar notch.

- i. clavicularis [TA] SYN: clavicular notch of sternum.

- incisurae costales [TA] SYN: costal notches, under notch.

- i. ethmoidalis [TA] SYN: ethmoidal notch.

- i. fibularis [TA] SYN: fibular notch.

- i. frontalis [TA] SYN: frontal notch.

- i. interarytenoidea [TA] SYN: interarytenoid notch.

- i. intertragica [TA] SYN: intertragic notch.

- i. ischiadica major [TA] SYN: greater sciatic notch.

- i. ischiadica minor [TA] SYN: lesser sciatic notch.

- i. jugularis ossis occipitalis [TA] SYN: jugular notch of occipital bone.

- i. jugularis ossis temporalis [TA] SYN: jugular notch of petrous part of temporal bone.

- i. jugularis sternalis [TA] SYN: jugular notch of sternum.

- i. lacrimalis [TA] SYN: lacrimal notch.

- i. ligamenti teretis hepatis [TA] SYN: notch for ligamentum teres.

- i. mandibulae [TA] SYN: mandibular notch.

- i. mastoidea [TA] SYN: mastoid notch.

- i. nasalis [TA] SYN: nasal notch.

- i. pancreatis [TA] SYN: pancreatic notch.

- i. parietalis [TA] SYN: parietal notch.

- i. preoccipitalis [TA] SYN: preoccipital notch.

- i. pterygoidea SYN: pterygoid notch.

- i. radialis [TA] SYN: radial notch.

- i. rivini SYN: tympanic notch.

- i. santorini SYN: notch in cartilage of acoustic meatus.

- i. scapulae SYN: suprascapular notch.

- i. semilunaris ulnae SYN: trochlear notch.

- i. sphenopalatina [TA] SYN: sphenopalatine notch.

- i. supraorbitalis [TA] SYN: supraorbital notch. SEE ALSO: supraorbital foramen.

- i. tentorii [TA] SYN: tentorial notch.

- i. of tentorium tentorial notch.

- i. terminalis auricularis [TA] SYN: terminal notch of auricle.

- i. terminalis auris SYN: terminal notch of auricle.

- i. thyroidea inferior [TA] SYN: inferior thyroid notch.

- i. thyroidea superior [TA] SYN: superior thyroid notch.

- i. tragica SYN: intertragic notch.

- i. trochlearis [TA] SYN: trochlear notch.

- i. tympanica [TA] SYN: tympanic notch.

- i. ulnaris [TA] SYN: ulnar notch.

- i. umbilicalis SYN: notch for ligamentum teres.

- i. vertebralis [TA] SYN: vertebral notch.

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in·ci·su·ra .in-.sī-'zhu̇r-ə, .in(t)-sə- n, pl in·ci·su·rae -ē

1) a notch, cleft, or fissure of a body part or organ

2) a downward notch in the curve recording aortic blood pressure that occurs between systole and diastole and is caused by backflow of blood for a short time before the aortic valve closes

in·ci·su·ral -əl adj

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in·ci·su·ra (in-si-suґrə) gen. and pl. incisuґrae [L., from incidere to cut into] [TA] notch: an indentation or depression, usually on the side of a bone or other structure.

Descriptions of anatomic structures are given on TA terms and include anglicized names of specific incisurae.