lingual surface
61talon cusp — a large accessory cusp on the lingual surface of a maxillary incisor, forming a T shaped projection from the cingulum of the tooth and resembling the talon of an eagle …
62buccolingual diameter — the distance from the buccal to the lingual surface of a tooth crown at its widest point or greatest curvature …
63linguocervical — lin·guo·cer·vi·cal (ling″gwo surґvĭ kəl) 1. pertaining to the lingual surface of the neck of a tooth. 2. linguogingival …
64palat(o)- — [L. palatum palate] a combining form denoting relationship to the palate; sometimes used instead of lingu(o) in terms referring to the lingual surface of maxillary teeth …
65mylohyoid region — the region on the lingual surface of the mandible to which the mylohyoid muscle is attached …
66cingulum — n.; pl. cingula 1) a curved bundle of nerve fibres in each cerebral hemisphere, nearly encircling its connection with the corpus callosum. See: cerebrum 2) a small protuberance on the lingual surface of the crowns of incisor and canine teeth …
67Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …
68branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery …
69Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… …
70Vein — 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… …
