Glossary

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  • Glossopalatine arch

    The anterior pillar of the fauces; one of two folds of mucous membrane extending from the soft palate to the sides of the tongue.  

  • Dental arch

    The arch formed by the alveolar process and teeth in each jaw (maxillary and mandibular arch).  

  • Deep palmar arch

    An arch formed in the palm by the communicating branch of the ulnar and the radial artery.  

  • Deep crural arch

    A band of fibers arching in front of the sheath of femoral vessels; the downward extension of the transversalis fascia.  

  • Crural arch

    The inguinal ligament, which extends from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle.  

  • Branchial arch

    Five pairs of arched structures that form the lateral and ventral walls of the pharynx of the embryo. The first is the mandibular arch; the second is the hyoid arch; the third, fourth, and fifth arches are transitory. They are partially separated from each other externally by the branchial clefts and internally by the pharyngeal…

  • Alveolar arch

    Arch of the alveolar process of either jaw (maxillary and mandibular arch).  

  • Abdominothoracic arch

    The costal arch; the anterior and lateral boundary between the line dividing the thorax and the abdomen.  

  • Flint’s arcade

    The arteriovenous anastomoses at the bases of the pyramids of the kidney.  

  • Arcade

    Any anatomic structure composed of a series of arches.