Category: L

A fracture in which the bone is compressed and bent so that one side of the fracture bulges and the other side shows a slight crack.  

The depression in the anterior surface of the vitreous for reception of the crystalline lens.  

The hollow of the frontal bone that holds the lacrimal gland.  

A small opening on the lingual surface of the mandible at the midline. It is surrounded by small bony protuberances called genial tubercles. The terminal branches of the mandibular nerve exit the bone through the lingual foramen and innervate the gingiva in the anterior portion of the mandible.  

The opening bounded by the hip bone, sacrum, and sacrospinous ligament.  

The densely packed collection of lymphocytes and lymphoblasts that make up the cortex of lymph glands.  

A valvelike fold in the lower part of the nasolacrimal duct.  

A fluke that infests lung tissue. Only one species, Paragonimus westermani, is common in humans.  

A single emulsion material used in dry imaging systems to reproduce images through electronic control of a laser light directly onto the film.  

The portion of an object seen when the low-magnification lenses of a microscope are used.