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Record 1 2014-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
CONT

Its [the right auricula] junction with the sinus venarum is marked on the outside by a groove, ... which corresponds to a ridge on the inside, the crista terminalis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
CONT

On peut voir encore sur cette paroi [auricule droite] une saillie allongée, étroite, peu marquée, la crista terminalis. Cette crête répond au sulcus terminalis...

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Mouth
DEF

A large, strong, irregular process of bone that projects upward from the body of the maxilla, its medial surface forming part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cavité buccale
CONT

Le maxillaire supérieur présente aussi un bord alvéolaire(processus alveolaris maxillae) qui porte les dents, ainsi qu'une apophyse frontale(processus frontalis maxillae) qui se situe à côté de l'apophyse pyramidale. L'apophyse frontale se prolonge, au niveau du rebord orbitaire inférieur, par la crête lacrymale antérieure(crista lacrimalis anterior).

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : apophyse montante.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A downward projection from the midline of the undersurface of the horizontal plate. It forms the upper portion of the nasal septum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Partie inférieure de la lame verticale de l’ethmoïde.

CONT

[...] [la] lame perpendiculaire de l'ethmoïde [...] appartient à la cloison médiane des fosses nasales; cette lame se prolonge sur le versant endocrânien de l'os par une apophyse sagittale et médiane; l'apophyse crista galli.

Spanish

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