body of the mandible

  • 61Foramen — A natural opening. Although a foramen is usually through bone, it can be an opening through other types of tissue, as with the foramen ovale. * * * An aperture or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. SYN: trema (1). [L. an… …

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  • 62Submandibular fovea — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = fovea/fossa submandibularis GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Mandible. Inner surface. Side view Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = f 15… …

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  • 63base — 1. The lower part or bottom; the part of a pyramidal or conical structure opposite the apex; the foundation. SYN: basis [TA], basement (1). 2. In pharmacy, the chief ingredient of a mixture. 3. In chemistry, an …

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  • 64ramus mandibulae — [TA] ramus of mandible: a quadrilateral process projecting superiorly from the posterior part of either side of the mandible. Called also r. of jaw. Ramus mandibulae (ramus of mandible), which together with the corpus mandibulae (body of the… …

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  • 65Deep cervical fascia — Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Gray s subject #111 388 …

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  • 66Submandibular triangle — Submandibular triangle …

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  • 67Submental artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria submentalis GraySubject = 144 GrayPage = 555 Caption = Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side. (Submental artery visible at bottom right.) Caption2 = BranchFrom = facial artery BranchTo =… …

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  • 68Spine — 1) The column of bone known as the vertebral column, which surrounds and protects the spinal cord. The spine can be categorized according to level of the body: i.e., cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (upper and middle back), and lumbar spine… …

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  • 69notch — 1. An indentation at the edge of any structure. 2. Any short, narrow, V shaped deviation, whether positive or negative, in a linear tracing. SYN: incisura [TA], emargination, incisure …

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  • 70basis mandibulae — [TA] base of mandible: the lower margin of the body of the mandible; called also inferior border of mandible …

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