Health / Dentistry / Nasal Spine: A median, sharp process formed by the forward elongation of the maxillae at the lower margin of the anterior aperture of the nose. Used to support a maxillary subperiosteal implant. MORE
Health / Dentistry / Mandibular Nerve: The third division of the trigeminal nerve. This nerve leaves the skull through the foramen ovale and provides motor innervation to the muscles of mastication, to the tensor palati, the tensor tympani MORE
Health / Dentistry / Incisive Foramen: The incisive foramen is located in the midline on the anterior extreme of the hard palate. It transmits the left (more anterior) and right (more posterior) nasopalatine (Scarpa) (long sphenopalatine) MORE
Health / Dentistry / Digastric Muscle: This muscle, detached during staple implant insertion, consists of a posterior belly and anterior belly which are connected by a round tendon that slides through a pulley of fascia that is attached to MORE
Science / Spiders / Epigastric Fold: A fold and groove separating the anterior part of the ventral abdomen (with epigyne and book lungs) from the posterior part. MORE
Science / Spiders / Cephalothorax: The anterior (front) of the two major divisions of the body of a spider. MORE