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FACIAL REGION [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Morphology and General Physiology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
CONT

[Chez un insecte] la suture frontale [...] permet de distinguer une région épicrâniale dorsale et une région faciale antérieure.

CONT

La région faciale est limitée vers l'arrière par la suture frontale, vers l'avant par l'insertion du labre et, latéralement, par les sutures génales; [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Tonic spasm of the muscles supplied by the facial nerve, either involving the entire side of the face or confined to a limited region around the eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Contraction involontaire des muscles du visage.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

[A] diffuse pain in various parts of the head, not confined to the area of distribution of any nerve.

OBS

The term headache should encompass all aches and pains located in the head, but in practice its application is restricted to discomfort in the region of the cranial vault. Facial, lingual, and pharyngeal pains are put aside as something different....

OBS

The term "headache" is used more commonly than "head pain".

OBS

The term "headache" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
OBS

Le terme «céphalée» devrait englober toute douleur localisée à la tête. L'usage réserve cependant cette dénomination aux sensations douloureuses provenant de la voûte crânienne, à l'exclusion des algies pharyngées, faciales et cervicales.

OBS

Le terme «céphalée» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 4 2005-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Animal Biology
  • Paleontology
CONT

At the side of the facial region [in mammals], the large, nearly circular orbit is partially separated by bony projections from the "temporal fossa" behind it, filled in life with muscles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Biologie animale
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Chez [presque] tous les [...] amniotes, une «fenestration» latérale du toit dermique apparaît en arrière de l'orbite par écartement des os existants. Les fenêtres ainsi ménagées [chacune se nomme fosse temporale], ne mettent pas à nu l'encéphale mais laissent voir le neurocrâne enchondral qui le protège.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Personal Esthetics
DEF

A surgery designed to reduce the loose look of sagging skin in the neck area and under the jaw line.

OBS

platysma : A platelike muscle that originates from the fascia of the cervical region and inserts in the mandible and the skin around the mouth. It is innervated by the cervical branch of the facial nerve, and acts to wrinkle the skin of the neck and to depress the jaw.

OBS

-plasty: A word termination denoting plastic surgery.

PHR

Corset, hammock, mini-, submental platysmaplasty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
CONT

Certains gestes complémentaires peuvent être associés ou succéder au lifting comme une lipo-aspiration sous le menton, une platysmaplastie destinée à atténuer les fanons et [...] [redessiner] l'angle cervico-mentonnier [...]

OBS

platysma : Muscle cutané de la région antéro-latérale du cou; il s'étend de la région mandibulaire à la région claviculaire.

OBS

plastie : Intervention destinée à rétablir des formes anatomiques ou des fonctions physiologiques normales (synonyme : intervention plastique).

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

A cyst whose wall contains elements of skin, including a squamous epithelial lining, hair follicles, and sebaceous glands. Neuroectodermal, endodermal, and mesodermal components may also be present.

OBS

It is considered to be a form of mature teratoma and may be found in a variety of organs but is especially common in the ovary, occurring much less frequently in the testis. In the skin, [they] are most common on the face in the region of facial clefts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
DEF

Kyste bordé par un épithélium malpighien reposant sur un derme auquel sont annexées des formations normalement présentes dans le derme (follicules pilosébacés, glandes sudoripares) ou même des formations d'origine épidermique (dents).

OBS

Au niveau de l'ovaire, le kyste dermatoïde est considéré comme un sysembryome simplifié.

Spanish

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