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51eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …
52Anatomic orientation terms — In anatomy, certain terms are used to denote orientation. For example, a structure may be horizontal, as opposed to vertical. Some of the terms of anatomic orientation are as follows: {{}}Anterior: The front, as opposed to the posterior.… …
53Knuckle — The dorsal aspect of the flexed metacarpophalangeal joint. Knuckle may be shorter and simpler to say. * * * 1. A joint of a finger when the fist is closed, especially a metacarpophalangeal joint. 2. A kink or loop of intestine, as in a hernia. [M …
54Orientation, anatomic terms of — In anatomy, certain terms are used to denote orientation. For example, a structure may be horizontal, as opposed to vertical. Some of the terms of anatomic orientation are as follows: {{}}Anterior: The front, as opposed to the posterior.… …
55Posterior (anatomic orientation) — The back, as opposed to the anterior. In anatomy, certain terms are used to denote orientation. For example, such and such a structure may be horizontal, as opposed to vertical. A list of some of the terms of anatomic orientation in alphabetical… …
56Sagittal — A vertical plane passing through the body which divides it into left and right sides. * * * Resembling an arrow; in the line of an arrow shot from a bow, i.e., in an anteroposterior direction; referring to a s. plane or direction. SYN: sagittalis …
57acrobrachycephaly — Type of craniosynostosis with premature closure of the coronal suture, resulting in abnormally short anteroposterior diameter of the skull. [acro + G. brachys, short, + kephale, head] * * * ac·ro·brachy·ceph·a·ly …
58angle — The meeting point of two lines or planes; the figure formed by the junction of two lines or planes; the space bounded on two sides by lines or planes that meet. For angles not listed below, see the descriptive term; e.g., axioincisal, distobuccal …
59chest — The anterior wall of the thorax. SEE ALSO: thorax. SYN: pectus. [A.S. cest, a box] alar c. SYN: flat c.. barrel c. a c. permanently resembling the shape of a barrel, i.e., with increased anteroposterior diameter, roughly equaling the lateral… …
60conjugate — 1. Joined or paired. SYN: conjugated. 2. C. diameters of the pelvis. The distance between any two specified points on the periphery of the pelvic canal. [L. conjugatus, joined together. See conjugata] anatomical c. [TA] measure of pelvic …
