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Piriform sinus, piriform recess or piriform fossa, synonyms referring to one of the four sites of the hypopharynx The (notionally) pear-like female body shape (gynoid shape) Pear-shaped obesity (adiposity highest on hips and thighs), in contrast with apple-shaped obesity (central adiposity, abdominal obesity )
The piriformis muscle (from Latin piriformis 'pear-shaped') is a flat, pyramidally-shaped muscle in the gluteal region of the lower limbs.It is one of the six muscles in the lateral rotator group.
The piriform aperture, pyriform aperture, or anterior nasal aperture is a pear-shaped opening in the human skull. Its long axis is vertical, and narrow end upward; in the recent state it is much contracted by the lateral nasal cartilage and the greater and lesser alar cartilages of the nose .
The pyriform sinus (also piriform recess, piriform sinus, piriform fossa, or smuggler's fossa) is a small recess on either side of the laryngeal inlet. It is bounded medially by the aryepiglottic fold , and laterally by the thyroid cartilage and thyrohyoid membrane . [ 1 ]
The piriform cortex, or pyriform cortex, is a region in the brain, part of the rhinencephalon situated in the cerebrum. The function of the piriform cortex relates to the sense of smell . Structure
The piriformis is a flat, pear-shaped muscle. The thicker side of the piriformis is medial (closer to the center of the body). The function of the piriformis is as an external thigh rotator.
The piriform unguentarium was in use for a limited period of about a hundred years and did not replace the fusiform. [19] An exception to this chronology is the squat rounded unguentarium with painted bands found on the northeast coast of Spain and in other Iberian cemeteries, dated as early as the 5th century BC.
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