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promontory
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promontory /prom·on·to·ry/ (prom´on-tor″e) a projecting process or eminence.
prom·on·to·ry (prmn-tôr)
n.
A projecting part.

promontory [prom´on-tor″e]
a projecting process or eminence.

promontory
a projecting process or eminence.

middle ear promontory
a bulge in the medial wall of the middle ear overhanging the cochlea.
sacral promontory
in the midline of the ventral surface of the lumbosacral junction, a lip at the junction of the cranial extremity of the sacrum with its ventral surface, an easily recognized prominence of the roof of the pelvic cavity.


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