This page gathers the 2,354 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Anatomy”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 21 of 24: from “superior” to “tensor veli palatini”.
- superior adj Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
- superior alveolar nerve noun Any of the branches of the maxillary nerve or of the infraorbital nerve that supply the teeth and gums of the upper jaw.
- superior cerebellar artery noun An artery that arises from the basilar artery just before it divides to form the posterior cerebral arteries and supplies or gives off…
- superior cervical ganglion noun A ganglion at the top of the sympathetic chain that lies between the internal carotid artery and the second and third cervical vertebrae…
- superior colliculus noun A structure on the tectum that receives neural projections directly from the retina. It is the primary area of the brain thought to be…
- superior laryngeal artery noun A branch of the superior thyroid artery or sometimes of the external carotid artery that supplies the muscles, mucous membranes, and glands…
- superior laryngeal nerve noun One of two branches of the vagus nerve that arises from the ganglion of the vagus situated below the jugular foramen in front of the…
- superior mesenteric artery noun A large unpaired artery that arises from the abdominal aorta just below the celiac artery at the level of the first lumbar vertebra, and…
- superior nasal concha noun The upper of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall of each nasal fossa that forms the upper boundary of the…
- superior oblique muscle noun A long thin extraocular muscle that arises just above the margin of the optic foramen, is inserted on the upper part of the eyeball, and…
- superior orbital fissure noun One of two openings transmitting nerves and blood vessels to or from the orbit, situated superiorly between the greater wing and the lesser…
- superior petrosal sinus noun The smaller of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated superiorly and connects the cavernous and transverse sinuses of the same side.
- superior pharyngeal constrictor noun A 4-sided muscle of the pharynx that arises from the posterior and medial parts of the pterygoid plate, from the pterygomandibular raphe…
- superior rectus noun The thinnest and narrowest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen…
- superior sagittal sinus noun One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater passing backward in the convex attached superior margin of the falx cerebri and ending at the…
- superior thyroid artery noun One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the external carotid…
- superior vena cava noun The large vein which returns blood from the head, neck, thorax and both upper limbs to the right atrium of the heart.
- superiorly adv above; in a superior position.
- superlingua noun Either of a pair of lateral lobes borne on the hypopharynx of apterygotes, earwigs, and nymphal mayflies.
- superoinferior adj Pertaining to the vertical axis of the body, or a plane perpendicular to it
- superorbital adj Above the orbit of an eye
- supinate verb To twist the forearm so as to turn the palm of the hand backwards if the forearm is pointing up, upwards if the forearm is horizontal, or…
- supinated adj Having one's hand and forearm rotated so that the palm faces in the same direction as the interior angle of the elbow, thereby contracting…
- supination noun The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm
- supplementary motor area noun A part of the primate cerebral cortex that contributes to the control of movement, located on the midline surface of the brain hemisphere…
- supraclavicular adj Above the clavicle.
- supraclavicular nerve noun Any of three nerves that are descending branches of the cervical plexus arising from the third and fourth cervical nerves and that supply…
- supracolic adj Superior to the colon, usually with reference to the transverse colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity.
- supracondylar adj Above a condyle.
- supradental adj Above the teeth
- supramaxillary adj Situated over the lower jaw.
- supraneural noun Such a cartilage or bone
- supraoccipital adj Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput.
- supraorbital adj Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located.
- supraorbital nerve noun A branch of the frontal nerve supplying the forehead, scalp, cranial periosteum, and adjacent parts.
- suprascapular artery noun A branch of the thyrocervical trunk that passes obliquely from within outward and over the suprascapular ligament to the back of the…
- supraspinate adj Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or…
- suprastapedial adj Of, relating to, or designating that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many…
- supratemporal adj Above the temporal lobe
- supratentorial adj Above the tentorium of the brain.
- supratrochlear artery noun One of the terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery that ascends upon the forehead from the inner angle of the orbit.
- sural adj Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg.
- surangular adj Above the angular bone; supra-angular
- suspensorium noun Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of…
- suspensory noun The suspensory ligament.
- suture noun A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
- swim bladder noun A gas-filled sac within the bodies of most fish that variously acts as a float, lung, sound-producing organ or an aid to hearing.
- sylvian fissure noun A fissure in the brain which divides the frontal lobe and parietal lobe above from the temporal lobe below.
- Sylvian vein noun The deep middle cerebral vein.
- sympathetic noun A sympathetic nerve.
- sympathetic nervous system noun The part of the autonomic nervous system that raises blood pressure and heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and dilates the pupils when…
- sympathetic trunk noun A string of ganglia running down each side of the spinal cord throughout most of its length, containing cell bodies of neurons that belong…
- symphysis noun The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- symphysis pubis noun The midline cartilaginous joint uniting the superior rami of the left and right pubic bones (pubis), also known as the pubic symphysis. In…
- synangium noun The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
- synapto- prefix synapse
- synchondrosis noun A form of only slightly moveable articulation between bones joined by hyaline cartilage, as in the spinal vertebrae.
- syndesmosis noun A slightly movable articulation or joint where the contiguous bony surfaces are rough and are united by an interosseous ligament (e.g.…
- synovial adj Of, relating to, or secreting synovial fluid.
- synovial fluid noun A transparent, viscous, non-Newtonian lubricating fluid which is found in the cavities of synovial joints or bursae and secreted by the…
- synovial membrane noun A thin membrane that lines the ligamentous surfaces of joint capsules, tendon sheaths where free movement is necessary, and bursae; it is…
- syntropy noun A formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation (e.g., ribs, scales).
- systemic circulation noun The part of blood circulation which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart, to the body, and returns deoxygenated blood back to the…
- T tubule noun One of the extensions of the cell membrane of striated muscle cells, running in a transverse manner, that permit the transmission of the…
- tablature noun A division of the skull into two tables.
- tablier noun An enlarged labia minora characteristic of certain African women.
- taenia noun Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
- tail noun The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- tailgut noun The portion of the gut beyond the anus.
- talar adj Relating to the talus.
- talus noun The bone of the ankle.
- tapetum noun A membranous layer of tissue.
- tarsal adj Of or relating to the tarsus.
- tarsale noun One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus, especially one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.
- tarsometatarsal adj Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus.
- tarsus noun A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
- tear line noun The meniscus of lacrimal fluid between the eyeball and eyelid.
- teat noun The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- tectorium noun A covering.
- tectum noun The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
- tegmen noun A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals.
- tegmentum noun The ventral portion of the midbrain, divided from the tectum by the cerebral aqueduct and the periaqueductal grey.
- tegument noun A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.
- tela choroidea noun A region of meningeal pia mater that adheres to the underlying ependyma, and gives rise to the choroid plexus in each of the brain's four…
- telogenesis noun The final growth state of a hair or feather follicle
- telogenetic adj Related to or arising during telogenesis, the final growth state of a hair or feather follicle.
- temple noun The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the…
- temporal adj Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.
- temporal artery noun Any of the three arteries supplying the temporal region and adjacent parts of the head.
- temporal fossa noun A broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jaw and that in…
- temporalis noun A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat…
- temporalward adj Toward the temples.
- temporalwards adj Toward the temples.
- temporo- prefix temporal: temples
- temporomandibular joint noun The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).
- tendon noun A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force…
- tensor noun A muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense.
- tensor fasciae latae noun A muscle that arises especially from the anterior part of the iliac crest and from the anterior superior iliac spine, is inserted into the…
- tensor tympani noun A small muscle of the middle ear that is located in the bony canal just above the bony part of the Eustachian tube, that arises from the…
- tensor veli palatini noun A ribbonlike muscle of the palate that arises from the scaphoid fossa, from the spine of the sphenoid bone, and from the lateral…