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41Middle cerebral artery — Artery: Middle cerebral artery Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries. (Pink is region supplied by middle cerebral artery.) …
42Maxillary nerve — Nerve: Maxillary nerve Alveolar branches of superior maxillary nerve and pterygopalatine ganglion. Latin n. maxillaris Gray s …
43Nasolacrimal canal — Bone: Nasolacrimal canal The lacrimal apparatus. Right side …
44Foramen — 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… …
45Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… …
46Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… …
47fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the …
48Orbital process of the zygomatic bone — Bone: Orbital process of the zygomatic bone Left zygomatic bone. Malar surface. (Orbital proc. visible at upper left.) Latin facies orbitalis ossis zygomatici Gray s …
49Medial pterygoid plate — Bone: Medial pterygoid plate Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Medial pterygoid plate labeled at bottom left.) …
50Process — In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower jaw that projects forward. In a more general sense, a process is a series of actions or events that are part of a system or of a… …
