English Dictionary

vaginal process

名詞

古語

(anatomy, now rare) 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.

日本語の意味

（解剖学、現在では稀な用法）側頭骨岩部の下面に位置し、鼓膜板と連続しながら茎状突起の基部を囲む骨の突起部

During the temporal bone dissection, the anatomist observed that the vaginal process was unusually prominent and clearly encircled the base of the styloid process.

側頭骨の解剖中、解剖学者は岩様部の下側面にある鼓室板と連続して茎状突起の基部を取り囲む突出した骨板（鞘状突起）が通常よりも顕著であることを観察した。

意味（1）

(anatomy, now rare) 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.

意味（2）

(embryology) An outpouching of peritoneum through the inguinal canal, from which the serous membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the testicle is derived.

意味（3）

(anatomy) Either of a pair of projecting plates on the inferior surface of the sphenoid bone which articulate with the alae of the vomer.

vaginal processes （ plural ）