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DISTAL ATTACHMENT [4 records]

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Record 1 2022-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
insertio distalis
Latin
OBS

distal attachment; insertio distalis : designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
insertio distalis
Latin
OBS

insertio distalis : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

An oval elevation on the anterior surface of the tibia about 3 cm distal to the articular surface, giving attachment at its distal part to the patellar ligament.

OBS

According to some authors, patellar tuberosity, tuberositas patellaris and spina tibiae are outmoded terms.

Key term(s)
  • tubercle of tibia
  • spine of tibia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
Key term(s)
  • tubérosité antérieure du tibia

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

[In Vertebrates, a rib] whose costal cartilage has no distal attachment is a vertebral rib.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

Les vertèbres dorsales postérieures des Amniotes portent des côtes [...] courtes [une côte courte] qui a son extrémité ventrale libre [est une] "côte flottante".

Spanish

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Record 4 1977-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Inarticulate brachiopods of the] Family Craniidae [have shells which are] calcareous, punctate, [with] punctae in [the] brachial valve branching arborescently toward [the] distal end; [the] brachial valve [is] usually conical, [the] pedicle valve subconical or convex when free, conforming to [the] shape of [the] surface of attachment when fixed. [The] Principal muscles consist of two pairs of adductors traversing [the] shell dorsoventrally and two pairs of oblique muscles. [The] "Vascula lateralia" of both valves [are] pinnate, [the] "vascula media" seemingly absent.(...) ? M. Cam., L. Ord-Rec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[La] Famille des Craniidae (...) [est une] Famille unique [de brachiopodes inarticulés] avec de nombreux genres.

Spanish

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