ramus
Americannoun
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rami
plural
noun
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the barb of a bird's feather
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either of the two parts of the lower jaw of a vertebrate
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any part or organ that branches from another part
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Etymology
Origin of ramus
1795–1805; < Latin rāmus branch, twig, bough; akin to rādīx root 1 ( see radix)
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The mouse sensory barrel cortex was activated by stimulation of the contralateral ramus infraorbitalis of the trigeminal nerve using a set of custom-made bipolar electrodes inserted percutaneously.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
This ligament spans the distance between the base of the skull and the lingula on the medial side of the mandibular ramus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Extending downward and laterally from the body is the inferior pubic ramus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Sample: Fora consumatio est ramus malin rite confedo saluero.
From Time Magazine Archive
One right ramus, bearing all three molars but lacking the other teeth and the tip of the coronoid process, needs close comparison only with certain of the smaller North American species of Sorex.
From Pleistocene Soricidae from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by James S. Findley
The subpubic angle is formed by the medial convergence of the right and left ischiopubic rami.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The pubic arch is the bony structure formed by the pubic symphysis, and the bodies and inferior pubic rami of the adjacent pubic bones.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The pubic arch is formed by the pubic symphysis, the bodies of the adjacent pubic bones, and the two inferior pubic rami.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
This neuron then projects to a target effector—in this case, the trachea—via gray rami communicantes, which are unmyelinated axons.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
First cirrus with rami, slightly unequal in length; not short; basal segments much thicker and more protuberant than the upper segments.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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