A city and comune in Salerno province, Campania, Italy.

(anatomy) The largest of the three nasal conchae located within the nasal cavity.

(anatomy) The large vein which returns blood from the lower extremities, and the pelvic and abdominal organs, to the right atrium of the heart.

plural of inferior vena cava

(anatomy) One of two openings transmitting nerves and blood vessels to or from the orbit, situated inferiorly between the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.

(anatomy) The larger of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated inferiorly in a sulcus on each side formed by the junction of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the basilar portion of the occipital bone and that extends from the posterior inferior end of the cavernous sinus through the jugular foramen to join the internal jugular vein of the same side.

(anatomy) One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater lying in the posterior two thirds of the concave free inferior margin of the falx cerebri and ending posteriorly by joining the great cerebral vein to form the straight sinus.

(neuroanatomy) A branch of the mandibular nerve that passes through the mandibular canal to the mental foramen giving off various branches along the way to the teeth of the lower jaw and finally to the skin of the chin and the skin and mucous membrane of the lower lip.

(neuroanatomy) Any of the terminal branches of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. / (neuroanatomy) Synonym of recurrent laryngeal nerve.

plural of inferior cervical ganglion