coronoid process
The coronoid process of the ulna fits into the coronoid fossa of the humerus when the elbow is flexed.
- Noun:
- A sharp triangular process projecting from a bone: In anatomy, a coronoid process is a thin, pointed, triangular projection of bone. The term most commonly refers to the coronoid process of the ulna in the forearm or the coronoid process of the mandible (lower jawbone).
- Noun:
- The surgeon carefully examined the fracture of the coronoid process.
- The coronoid process of the ulna forms part of the elbow joint.
- In some injuries, the coronoid process can become detached.
"Coronoid process of the ulna": The specific triangular projection at the upper end of the ulna (forearm bone) that fits into the coronoid fossa of the humerus when the elbow is flexed.
- Stability of the elbow joint depends heavily on the integrity of the coronoid process of the ulna.
"Coronoid process of the mandible": The specific triangular projection on the anterior (front) part of the upper ramus of the mandible, to which the temporalis muscle attaches.
- The temporalis muscle inserts onto the coronoid process of the mandible.
Coronoid (adj): Describing something shaped like a crow's beak, relating to a coronoid process.
- The coronoid fossa is the depression on the humerus that receives the coronoid process.
Process (n): In anatomy, a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body, such as a bone.
- Other examples of bony processes include the mastoid process and the styloid process.
- Bony projection: A general term for any protrusion from a bone.
- Bony prominence: A raised area on a bone.
(This term is a specific anatomical noun and does not have phrasal verbs or idioms in common usage.)
The coronoid process of the ulna fits into the coronoid fossa of the humerus when the elbow is flexed.
- a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone