basilar cartilage

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• Cartilage — Firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints. A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body, such as the larynx and the outside parts of the ears. * * * A connective tissue characterized… …   Medical dictionary

• Basilar part of occipital bone — Infobox Bone Name = Basilar part of occipital bone Latin = pars basilaris ossis occipitalis GraySubject = 31 GrayPage = 132 Caption = Occipital bone at birth. Caption2 = Occipital bone. Outer surface. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre …   Wikipedia

• fibrocartilage — A variety of cartilage that contains visible type I collagen fibers; appears as a transition between tendons or ligaments or bones. SYN: fibrocartilago. basilar f. SYN: basilar cartilage. circumferential f. a ring of f. around the articular end… …   Medical dictionary

• Foramen — 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… …   Medical dictionary

• fibrocartilago — SYN: fibrocartilage. f. basalis SYN: basilar cartilage. f. interarticularis SYN: articular disk. f. interpubica interpubic disk. f. intervertebralis SYN: intervertebral disk. * * * fi·bro·car·ti·la·go (fi″bro kahr″tĭ lahґgo) pl.… …   Medical dictionary

• part — A portion. SYN: pars [TA]. abdominal p. of aorta SYN: abdominal aorta. abdominal p. of esophagus [TA] the portion of the esophagus from where it passes through the diaphragm to the stomach. See …   Medical dictionary

• Mechanotransduction — refers to the many mechanisms by which cells convert mechanical stimulus into chemical activity.[1][2] Contents 1 Tendon 2 Ear 3 …   Wikipedia

• sound reception — Introduction       response of an organism s aural mechanism, the ear, to a specific form of energy change, or sound waves. Sound waves can be transmitted through gases, liquids, or solids, but the hearing function of each species is particularly …   Universalium

• ear, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction       organ of hearing and equilibrium that detects and analyzes noises by transduction (or the conversion of sound waves into electrochemical impulses) and maintains the sense of balance (equilibrium).  The human ear, like …   Universalium

• Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body …   Medical dictionary

• Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the …   Medical dictionary