See Also: mamillary tubercle(medicine)
mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus(medicine)
mamillary(medicine)
mamillary bodies(medicine)
mamillary ducts(medicine)
mamillary line(medicine)
mamillary process(medicine)
mamillary body(medicine)
peduncle of mamillary body(medicine)
nucleus of the mamillary body(medicine)

ureter (iou) and mamillary tubercle (medicine)


ureter (iou)



ureter noun. L16.
[French uretere or mod. Latin ureter from Greek oureter, from ourein urinate, from ouron urine.]
Anatomy. Either of two tubes which convey urine from the pelvis of the kidney to the bladder; a urinary duct.
u'reteral adjective = ureteric L19.
ure'teric adjective pertaining to, affecting, or occurring in a ureter or ureters E19.

mamillary tubercle (medicine)


mamillary tubercle -->
mamillary process


A small apophysis or tubercle on the dorsal margin of the superior articular process of each of the lumbar vertebrae and usually of the twelfth thoracic vertebra.

Synonym: processus mamillaris, mamillary tubercle, metapophysis.