- Petrous part of the temporal bone - Wikipedia
The petrous portion is among the most basal elements of the skull and forms part of the endocranium Petrous comes from the Latin word petrosus, meaning "stone-like, hard" It is one of the densest bones in the body In other mammals, it is a separate bone, the petrosal bone
- PETROUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PETROUS is of, relating to, or constituting the exceptionally hard and dense portion of the human temporal bone that contains the internal auditory organs
- Petrous part of temporal bone | Radiology Reference Article . . .
The petrous part of the temporal bone, also known as the petrous temporal bone (PTB), petrous pyramid, or petrous face 5, forms the part of skull base between the sphenoid and occipital bones
- PETROUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Petrous definition: noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal See examples of PETROUS used in a sentence
- PETROUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
In short, nerve branches that go through the petrous bone, namely, the chorda tympani, the vestibular nerve, and the cochlear nerve, have been successively stimulated
- PETROUS definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
Definition of 'petrous' petrous in American English (ˈpɛtrəs ; ˈpitrəs ) adjective
- petrous, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
petrous, adj n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- Petrous - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
petrous Definitions of petrous adjective (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness
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