tubercle of rib
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articular facet of tubercle of rib — facies articularis tuberculi costae … Medical dictionary
joint of tubercle of rib — articulatio costotransversaria … Medical dictionary
inferior ligament of tubercle of rib — ligamentum costotransversarium laterale … Medical dictionary
Tubercle (rib) — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = tuberculum costae GraySubject = 28 GrayPage = 124 Caption = A central rib of the left side. Inferior aspect. (Tubercle labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = A central rib of the left side, viewed from behind … Wikipedia
Tubercle — A small tuber, a small lump or bump. * * * 1. A nodule, especially in an anatomic, not pathologic, sense. 2. A circumscribed, rounded, solid elevation on the skin, mucous membrane, or surface of an organ. 3. A slight … Medical dictionary
Tubercle (anatomy) — In anatomy, a tubercle is a round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on bones, skin, or within the lungs in tuberculosis.TypesWithin the human body there are numerous sites where tubercles develop. On bones they are generally the… … Wikipedia
rib — rib1 ribber, n. ribless, adj. riblike, adj. /rib/, n., v., ribbed, ribbing. n. 1. one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being… … Universalium
rib — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, banter, better half, bilge, blade roast, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, breast, brisket, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, chaff, chine, chuck, chuck roast, clod,… … Moby Thesaurus
tubercle — noun Etymology: Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber Date: 1578 1. a small knobby prominence or excrescence especially on a plant or animal ; nodule: as a. a protuberance near the head of a rib that articulates with the transverse process of a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tubercle — Synonyms and related words: abscess, aposteme, bed sore, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boil, boss, bow, bubble, bubo, bulb, bulbil, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, bunion, burl, button, cahot, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid,… … Moby Thesaurus
