Superior in anatomydoesn't mean better, itmeans on top or toward the head.Inferiorin common usage means lower quality, but in anatomy, it justmeans below or towards the feet.Therefore for this context, superior is above while inferior is below. These terms help medical professionals to properl...
Anatomy.(of an organ or part) lower in place or position; situated beneath another. toward the feet.Comparesuperior(def9). Astronomy.lying below the horizon: the inferior part of a meridian. Printing.written or printed low on a line of text, as the “2” in H2O; subscript.Comparesuperior...
Anatomy of inferior pulmonary vein should be clarified in lower lobectomy We successfully performed surgery for carcinoma of the lung on 2 patients with the anatomic variation of the middle lobe vein draining to the right inferio... S Sugimoto,O Izumiyama,A Yamashita,... - 《Annals of Thoraci...
Anatomy(of an organ or part) lower in place or position; situated beneath another. toward the feet. Cf.superior(def. 9). Astronomylying below the horizon:the inferior part of a meridian. Printingwritten or printed low on a line of text, as the "2'' in H2O; ...
1.(Anatomy) any of the tubular thick-walled muscular vessels that convey oxygenated blood from the heart to various parts of the body. Comparepulmonary artery,vein 2.a major road or means of communication in any complex system [C14: from Latinartēria,related to Greekaortēthe great artery, ...
1. (Anatomy) any of the tubular thick-walled muscular vessels that convey oxygenated blood from the heart to various parts of the body. Compare pulmonary artery, vein 2. a major road or means of communication in any complex system [C14: from Latin artēria, related to Greek aortē the grea...
Body cavities refer to the spaces that enclose the internal organs. Answer and Explanation: The answer is (b) lateral. The options include some of the directional terms used in anatomy. Inferior means lower than or away from the head...Become...
The inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) is located in the mandibular canal (MC). It is critical to evaluate the position of the MC during treatment planning to prevent intra or postoperative complications.#This retrospective study aimed to identify the anatomy and anatomical variations of the IAN using...
Means et al. [26], in a retrospective study on 40 patients who underwent RFIT >14 months (14–30 months), which also included eight SDB patients, reported that their relief from nasal obstruction persisted longer than 14 months post-procedure. However, in the only placebo-controlled, double...
(anatomy) A contractile organ composed of muscle tissue that changes in length and effects movement when stimulated. (histology) A tissue composed of cells containing contractile fibers; three types are smooth, cardiac, and skeletal. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Co...