petrous bone

  • 1petrous bone — see temporal bone …

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  • 2petrous bone — see temporal bone …

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  • 3Bone — 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 …

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  • 4Petrous portion — can refer to: * Petrous portion of the temporal bone * Petrous portion of the internal carotid artery …

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  • 5Petrous — Pe trous, a. [L. petrosus, fr. petra a stone.] 1. Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone. Hooper. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Same as {Petrosal}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6petrous — [pe′trəs, pē′trəs] adj. [L petrosus, rocky < petra, rock < Gr] 1. of or like rock; hard; stony 2. [ML petrosus] designating or of that part of the temporal bone which surrounds and protects the internal ear …

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  • 7Пирамида Височной Кости (Petrous Bone) — см. Кость височная. Источник: Медицинский словарь …

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  • 8Bone — 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… …

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  • 9Petrous part of the temporal bone — Infobox Bone Name = Petrous portion of the temporal bone Latin = pars petrosa ossis temporalis GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 142 Caption = Left temporal bone. Outer surface. Caption2 = Diagrammatic view of the fundus of the right internal acoustic… …

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  • 10Petrous portion of the internal carotid artery — Infobox Artery Name = Petrous portion of the internal carotid artery Latin = pars petrosa arteriae carotidis internae GraySubject = 146 GrayPage = 567 Caption = Auditory tube, laid open by a cut in its long axis. Caption2 = BranchFrom = internal… …

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