- Perpendicular plate
Perpendicular plate can refer to:
*Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone
*Perpendicular plate of palatine bone
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Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone — Infobox Bone Name = Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone Latin = lamina perpendicularis ossis ethmoidalis GraySubject = 36 GrayPage = 154 Caption = Perpendicular plate of ethmoid. Shown by removing the right labyrinth. Caption2 = Ethmoid bone from … Wikipedia
Perpendicular plate of palatine bone — Infobox Bone Name = Perpendicular plate of palatine bone Latin = lamina perpendicularis ossis palatini, pars perpendicularis GraySubject = 41 GrayPage = 168 Caption = Left palatine bone. Nasal aspect. Enlarged. (Vertical plate labeled at center… … Wikipedia
perpendicular plate — per·pen·dic·u·lar plate .pər pən dik yə lər n 1) a flattened bony lamina of the ethmoid bone that is the largest bony part assisting in forming the nasal septum 2) a long thin vertical bony plate forming part of the palatine bone compare… … Medical dictionary
perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone — lamina perpendicularis ossis ethmoidalis … Medical dictionary
perpendicular plate of palatine bone — lamina perpendicularis ossis palatini … Medical dictionary
plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… … Universalium
maxillary surface of perpendicular plate of palatine bone — facies maxillaris laminae perpendicularis ossis palatini … Medical dictionary
nasal surface of perpendicular plate of palatine bone — facies nasalis laminae perpendicularis ossis palatini … Medical dictionary
plate — 1. [TA] In anatomy, a thin, relative flat, structure. SYN: lamina [TA]. 2. A metal bar perforated for screws applied to a fractured bone to maintain the ends in apposition. 3. The agar layer within a Petri dish or similar … Medical dictionary
Medial pterygoid plate — Bone: Medial pterygoid plate Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Medial pterygoid plate labeled at bottom left.) … Wikipedia
