elliptical recess
1recess — A small hollow or indentation. SYN: recessus [TA]. [L. recessus] anterior r. a circumscript deepening of the interpeduncular fossa in the direction of the mamillary bodies. SYN: recessus anterior [TA]. anterior r. of tympanic …
2recessus — SYN: recess. [L. a withdrawing, a receding] r. anterior [TA] SYN: anterior recess. r. anterior membranae tympanicae [TA] SYN: anterior recess of tympanic membrane. r. cochlearis [TA] SYN: cochlear recess. r. costodiaphragmaticus [TA] SYN:… …
3fovea — Any natural depression on the surface of the body, such as the axilla, or on the surface of a bone. Cf.:dimple. SYN: pit (1). [L. a pit] f. anterior SYN: superior f.. anterior f. SYN: superior f.. f. ar …
4Macula — A macula is a small spot. A macula on the skin is a small flat spot while the macula in the eye is a small spot where vision is keenest in the retina. The macula of the retina, the light sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye, is the… …
5utricle — SYN: utriculus [TA], sacculus communis. prostatic u. [TA] a minute pouch in the prostate that opens on the summit of the seminal colliculus, the analog of the uterus and vagina in the female, being the remains of the fused caudal ends of the …
6apertura interna canaliculi vestibuli — [TA] internal opening of vestibular canaliculus: the opening in the elliptical recess of the bony labyrinth through which the endolymphatic duct enters the petrous part of the temporal bone …
7recessus ellipticus vestibuli — [TA] elliptical recess of the vestibule: an oval depressed area in the roof and medial wall of the vestibule of the internal ear, situated above and behind the crista and pierced by 25 to 30 small foramina through which nerves come from the… …
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9Samuel Alito Supreme Court nomination — On October 31, 2005, Samuel Alito was nominated by President George W. Bush for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace the retiring Sandra Day O Connor. Alito had been a judge on the United States Court of Appeals… …
10Gwardamanġia — Gwardamanġia, or in English, Guardamangia, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1951584.stm] ] is a hamlet in Pietà, Malta. In Gwardamanġia, one finds St. Luke s Hospital, Malta s former general public hospital.Also in Gwardamanġia is the Villa… …
