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In the ethmoid bone, a sickle shaped projection, the uncinate process, projects posteroinferiorly from the ethmoid labyrinth.Between the posterior edge of this process and the anterior surface of the ethmoid bulla, there is a two-dimensional space, resembling a crescent shape.
The uncinate process is a small part of the pancreas.The uncinate process is the formed prolongation of the angle of junction of the lower and left lateral borders in the head of the pancreas.
An uncinate process is a hook-shaped projection or protuberance from a bone or organ. It may refer to: Uncinate process of ethmoid bone, a process located in the nasal cavity
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
(Uncinate means hooked from Latin uncinatus, from uncinus, barb, from uncus, hook.) They are found in birds (except for screamers), reptiles, and the early amphibian Ichthyostega. [1] These processes can serve to attach scapula muscles, [1] and help to strengthen the rib cage overlapping with the rib behind them.
Ferocactus uncinatus typically grows alone, with bluish-green, spherical to cylindrical shoots ranging from 18 to 27 cm (7.1 to 10.6 in) in height and 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) in diameter. It has about 13 wavy ribs with pronounced tubercles, and sharp furrows between the ridges.
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The perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone (vertical plate) is a thin, flattened lamina, polygonal in form, which descends from the under surface of the cribriform plate, and assists in forming the septum of the nose; it is generally deflected a little to one or other side.