triquetrous 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

• triquetral cartilage — triquetrous cartilage 1. cartilago arytenoidea. 2. discus articularis articulationis radioulnaris distalis …   Medical dictionary

• disk — 1. A round, flat plate; any approximately flat circular structure. 2. SYN: lamella (2). 3. In dentistry, a circular piece of thin paper or other material, coated with an abrasive substance, used for cutting and polishing tee …   Medical dictionary

• cartilago arytenoidea — [TA] arytenoid cartilage: one of the paired, pitcher shaped cartilages of the back of the larynx at the upper border of the cricoid cartilage; called also triquetral or triquetrous cartilage …   Medical dictionary

• discus articularis articulationis radioulnaris distalis — [TA] articular disk of distal radioulnar joint: a triangular pad of fibrocartilage, attached at its base to the radius and at its apex to the base of the styloid process of the ulna; it usually separates the articular cavity of the distal… …   Medical dictionary