vaginal process (English, noun)
expansion: vaginal process (plural vaginal processes)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A projecting lamina of bone on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is continuous with the tympanic plate and surrounds the base of the styloid process.
tags: archaic
topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An outpouching of peritoneum through the inguinal canal, from which the serous membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the testicle is derived.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of projecting plates on the inferior surface of the sphenoid bone which articulate with the alae of the vomer.
Forms:
form: vaginal processes
tags: plural