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ROOF NASAL CAVITY [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Mouth
Universal entry(ies)
cavitas propria oris
Latin
cavitas oris propria
Latin
cavum oris proprius
Latin
CONT

The oral cavity proper refers to the region of the oral cavity that sits inside the dental arcades. Inferiorly, it's bounded by the muscular floor of the mouth. Superiorly, it's bounded by the palate, which forms the roof of the oral cavity proper. This delineates the nasal cavity above from the oral cavity below. Anterolaterally, the oral cavity proper is bounded by the dental arcades. Posteriorly, the oral cavity is continuous with the oropharynx, the junction of which is demarcated by the palatoglossal arches.

OBS

oral cavity proper; cavitas propria oris: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Cavité buccale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
cavitas propria oris
Latin
cavitas oris propria
Latin
cavum oris proprius
Latin
CONT

La cavité orale, la bouche, est entourée par les lèvres et les joues, et consiste en deux parties, la cavité orale propre et le vestibule. La cavité orale propre est antérieurement et latéralement limitée par les arcades alvéolaires, les dents et les gencives, au-dessus par les palais dur et mou, alors que postérieurement elle communique avec le pharynx par l'ostium intrapharyngien.

OBS

cavité orale propre : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

cavitas propria oris : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Mouth
Universal entry(ies)
palatum
Latin
CONT

The palate forms the roof of the mouth and separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.

OBS

The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate).

OBS

palate; palatum: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Cavité buccale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
palatum
Latin
DEF

Paroi supérieure de la cavité buccale, qui sépare celle-ci des fosses nasales.

OBS

palais : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

palatum : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Boca
Entrada(s) universal(es)
palatum
Latin
DEF

Bóveda de la boca que separa las cavidades nasal y bucal.

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Record 3 2022-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
paries superior cavitatis nasi
Latin
CONT

The roof of the nasal cavity is curved and narrow, except at its posterior end; it is divided into three parts(frontonasal, ethmoidal, and sphenoidal) named from the bone forming each part...

OBS

roof of nasal cavity; paries superior cavitatis nasi : designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
paries superior cavitatis nasi
Latin
CONT

Le toit de la cavité nasale est étroit et incurvé, sauf au niveau de son extrémité postérieure; on peut le subdiviser en trois parties (fronto-nasale, ethmoïdale et sphénoïdale) selon les os que le constituent [...]

OBS

paroi supérieure de la cavité nasale : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

paries superior cavitatis nasi : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
sulcus olfactorius nasi
Latin
DEF

... the narrow slit which leads from the atrium, between the agger nasi and the roof of the nasal cavity, upward towards the lamina cribrosa and the anterior part of the regio olfactoria.

OBS

olfactory groove; sulcus olfactorius nasi: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
sulcus olfactorius nasi
Latin
OBS

sillon olfactif : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

sulcus olfactorius nasi : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
concha sphenoidalis
Latin
A02.1.05.019
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A thin curved plate of bone at the anterior and lower part of the body of the sphenoid bone, on either side, forming part of the roof of the nasal cavity.

OBS

sphenoidal concha: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.05.019: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
concha sphenoidalis
Latin
A02.1.05.019
classification system code, see observation
OBS

cornet sphénoïdal : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.05.019 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
concha sphenoidalis
Latin
A02.1.05.019
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Lámina huesosa, muy delgada, que procede de los palatinos, y cierra en parte los senos esfenoidales.

OBS

A02.1.05.019: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 6 2012-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The horizontal plate of the ethmoid bone that forms the roof of the nasal cavity; it is perforated by many foramina for the passage of the olfactory nerves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Lame horizontale de l'ethmoïde, qui coupe la lame verticale à la jonction de l'apophyse crista-galli et unit les deux masses latérales par leurs bords supérieurs.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

[Any of seveal] spindle-shaped, modified bipolar nerve cells evenly distributed between the supporting cells of the olfactory epithelium in the roof of the nasal cavity.

Key term(s)
  • Schultze cell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Les cellules olfactives, stimulées par ces molécules odorantes, émettent des potentiels d'action (influx nerveux) qui circulent dans les nerfs olfactifs, reliés dans l'encéphale aux lobes olfactifs.

Spanish

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