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MALAIRE [5 records]

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Record 1 2020-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
os zygomaticum
Latin
A02.1.14.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A bone of the side of the face below the eye that in mammals forms part of the zygomatic arch and part of the orbit and articulates with the temporal, sphenoid, and frontal bones and with the maxilla of the upper jaw.

OBS

zygoma: The term "zygoma" is best avoided; it means the [zygomatic] arch, though it is often incorrectly used as a name for the zygomatic bone.

OBS

zygomatic bone: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.14.001: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

Key term(s)
  • cheek bone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
os zygomaticum
Latin
A02.1.14.001
classification system code, see observation
CONT

De forme quadrilatère, l'os zygomatique forme la partie antéro-latérale du bord, de la paroi latérale et du plancher de l'orbite ainsi que la majeure partie du bord infra-orbitaire. [...] L'os zygomatique s'articule avec les os frontal, sphénoïde, temporal et maxillaire.

OBS

os zygomatique : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.14.001 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
os zygomaticum
Latin
A02.1.14.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Hueso par, corto y compacto, situado en la parte más externa de la cara, en forma cuadrilátera, que forma el pómulo de la cara y parte de la órbita y presenta un saliente o proceso cigomático que se une hacia atrás con el proceso cigomático del hueso temporal.

OBS

A02.1.14.001: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Pertaining to the zygoma.

OBS

zygoma: A roughly quadrilateral bone forming the prominence of the cheek and completing the zygomatic arch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
CONT

La première question que l'on peut se poser à propos des fractures du malaire est la suivante : la fracture du malaire est-elle une fracture orbitaire?

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Mouth
CONT

The Zygomatic Process (processus zygomaticus; malar process). The zygomatic process is a rough triangular eminence, situated at the angle of separation of the anterior, zygomatic, and orbital surfaces.

Key term(s)
  • zygomatic process of maxilla

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cavité buccale
DEF

L'un des quatre processus (saillies osseuses) qui se détachent du corps du maxillaire.

CONT

De ce corps [du maxillaire] se détachent 4 processus : Zygomatique, Frontal, Alvéolaire, Palatin.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : apophyse pyramidale; apophyse pyramidale du maxillaire supérieur; apophyse malaire; apophyse malaire du maxillaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
DEF

The most inferior point on the zygomatic process of the maxilla as seen in a lateral cephalometric radiograph; the craniometric point zygomaxillare.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie
CONT

Les rapports entre les dents et l'os basal varient dans le temps; ceci a, par exemple, entraîné l'échec de la tentative de détermination de la situation antéropostérieure de la première molaire supérieure en fonction de l'apophyse malaire du maxillaire (Key ridge).

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
DEF

An oblique stripe at the base of the lower mandible of certain birds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Rayure oblique à la base de la mandibule inférieure de certains oiseaux.

Spanish

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