See Also: Arbor vitae(medicine)
arbor vitae(dictionary)
arbor vitae uteri(medicine)
crowning(dictionary)
crowning(medicine)
Crowning(health)
crowning(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
vis vitae(medicine)
lignum vitae(dictionary)

arbor vitae uteri (medicine) and crowning (medicine)


arbor vitae uteri (medicine)


arbor vitae uteri -->
palmate folds


The two longitudinal ridges, anterior and posterior, in the mucous membrane lining the cervix uteri, from which numerous secondary folds, or rugae, branch off.

Synonym: plicae palmatae, arbor vitae uteri, lyra uterina.


crowning (medicine)


crowning


1. Preparation of the natural crown of a tooth and covering the prepared crown with a veneer of suitable dental material (gold or non-precious metal casting, porcelain, plastic, or combinations).

2. That stage of Childbirth when the foetal head has negotiated the pelvic outlet and the largest diameter of the head is encircled by the vulvar ring.