Look up protuberance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Protuberance may refer to: Mental protuberance Occipital protuberances, of which may refer to...

occipital protuberance, the highest point of which is referred to as the inion. The inion is the most prominent projection of the protuberance which is...

of the thyroid cartilage called the laryngeal prominence or laryngeal protuberance protruding and forming a "bump" under the skin at the front of the throat...

Occipital protuberance can refer to: Internal occipital protuberance External occipital protuberance This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

mandible divides below and encloses a triangular eminence, the mental protuberance, the base of which is depressed in the center but raised on either side...

hollow bulbous protuberance on the snout of mature male gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) as it is shaped like a ghara. This protuberance enables them to...

a pair of urogenital folds with a small protuberance in the middle, and the urethra behind the protuberance. If the fetus has testes and the testes produce...

occipital protuberance. Running transversely on either side is a groove for the transverse sinus. Human skull. Internal occipital protuberance shown in...

The ushnisha (Sanskrit: उष्णीष, romanized: uṣṇīṣa, Pali: uṇhīsa) is a protuberance on top of the head of a Buddha. In Buddhist literature, it is sometimes...

symphysis divides below and encloses a triangular eminence, the mental protuberance, the base of which is depressed in the center but raised on either side...

Look up nose in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The nose is a protuberance in vertebrates which admits and expels air for respiration and contains olfactory...

Rhizoids are protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes and algae. They are similar in structure and function to the root...

and Mingrelian ethnic groups. Instead of hair on his breast, he has a protuberance in the form of a pointed bone or a stone-axe. He attacks passers by,...

Homo sapiens and present-day human populations. The occipital bun is a protuberance of the occipital bone. Its size and shape has been compared to that of...

breast or nipple of a woman, particularly those with a small hilltop protuberance. Such anthropomorphic geographic features are found in different parts...

sitz bones, or as a pair the sitting bones, is a large posterior bony protuberance on the superior ramus of the ischium. It marks the lateral boundary of...

trapezius originate from the spinous process of C7, the external occipital protuberance, the medial third of the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone (both...

surface. A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped or needle like protuberance from the main cloud base. Funnel clouds form most frequently in association...

swell known as the Cape Verde Rise. The Rise is one of the largest protuberances in the world's oceans, rising 2.2 kilometres (1.4 miles) in a semi-circular...

A lug is a typically flattened protuberance, a handle or extrusion located on the side of a ceramics, jug, glass, vase, or other container. They are sometimes...

figures, including Alkajko, a female spirit with four arms and horn-like protuberances. There is also an interesting example of ‘contact art’ depicting a two-masted...

membranes are low, fleshy, without free trabeculae (beam- or finger-like protuberances). Suckers are relatively few in number, about 100 on each of the upper...

the lateral edge of the rectus abdominis muscle medially. It is the protuberance of omentum, adipose tissue, or bowel in that weak space between the abdominal...

American Heritage Dictionary. 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-19. A rounded fleshy protuberance situated over the pubic bones that becomes covered with hair during puberty...

larger on cock birds than on hens. The comb is one of several fleshy protuberances on the heads of chickens, the others being the wattles and earlobes...

the distinctively shaped heads for which they are named. Their head protuberance is formally called a nuchal hump. Like blood parrot cichlids, they are...

bossing is a descriptive term in medical physical examination indicating a protuberance of the skull, most often in the frontal bones of the forehead ("frontal...

grip the head from inside by cupping the back of head, or the occipital protuberance. Helmet manufacturers will have a chart that relates their helmet sizes...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gnarl may refer to: A rough, knotty protuberance, especially on a tree: Gall, any abnormal outgrowth of plant tissues...

elms and some other hackberries by its cork-like bark with wart-like protuberances. The leaves are distinctly asymmetrical and coarse-textured. It produces...