See Also: greater multangular bone(medicine)
multangular bone(medicine)
lesser multangular bone(medicine)
greater wing of sphenoid bone(medicine)
greater horn of hyoid bone(medicine)
zygomatic margin of greater wing of sphenoid bone(medicine)
zygomatic border of greater wing of sphenoid bone(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
multangular(medicine)
multangular(dictionary)

greater multangular bone (medicine)


greater multangular bone -->
trapezium


Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A little table, an irregular four-sided figure, dim. Of a table, for; (see Tetra-) + foot, akin to foot; hence, originally, a table with four feet. See Foot.

1. <geometry> A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

2. <anatomy> A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibres.

Source: Websters Dictionary