Definition of Hamulus. Meaning of Hamulus. Synonyms of Hamulus

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Definition of Hamulus

Hamulus
Hamulus Ham"u*lus, n.; pl. Hamuli. [L., a little hook.] 1. (Anat.) A hook, or hooklike process. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.

Meaning of Hamulus from wikipedia

- hamulus is the superior origin of the pterygomandibular raphe. It is also the origin of levator veli palatini muscle. Rarely, the pterygoid hamulus may...
- a hamulus is a small, hook-shaped portion of a bone, or possibly of other hard tissue. In human anatomy, examples include: pterygoid hamulus hamulus of...
- wrist readily distinguishable by its wedge shape and a hook-like process ("hamulus") projecting from its palmar surface. The hamate is an irregularly shaped...
- The lacrimal hamulus is a small, hook-like bony projection of the lacrimal bone. It is a continuation of the posterior lacrimal crest. It articulates...
- of buccopharyngeal fascia. It is attached superiorly to the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate, and inferiorly to the posterior end of the...
- pterygoid plate (except its hamulus) is ossified in membrane, and its center probably appears about the ninth or tenth w****; the hamulus becomes chondrified during...
- lacrimal hamulus, which articulates with the lacrimal tubercle of the maxilla, and completes the upper **** of the nasolacrimal canal; the hamulus sometimes...
- Ethmoidal process Maxillary process Vomer Wing Other Lacrimal Posterior lacrimal crest Lacrimal groove Lacrimal hamulus Prognathism Retromolar space...
- Cephalotes hamulus is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering...
- tendon of attachment. This tendon winds medially around the pterygoid hamulus (with a small bursa interposed between the two) to insert into the palatine...