pad (pad) a cushionlike mass of soft material.
retromolar pad
retromolar pad,
abdominal pad a pad for the absorption of discharges from abdominal wounds or for packing off abdominal viscera to improve exposure during surgery.
buccal fat pad sucking p.
dinner pad a pad placed over the stomach before a plaster jacket is applied; the pad is then removed, leaving space under the jacket to accommodate expansion of the stomach after eating.
infrapatellar fat pad a large pad of fat lying behind and below the patella.
knuckle pads nodular thickenings of the skin on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints.
retromolar pad a cushion-like mass of tissue situated at the distal termination of the mandibular residual ridge.
sucking pad , suctorial pad a lobulated mass of fat that occupies the space between the masseter and the external surface of the buccinator; it is well developed in infants.
ret·ro·mo·lar pad (r t r -m l r)n. A cushioned mass of tissue, frequently pear-shaped, located on the alveolar process of the mandible behind the area of the last natural molar tooth. |
retromolar pad
[-mō′lər]
Etymology: L, retro + mola, mill; D, paden, cushion
a mass of soft tissue, usually pear-shaped, that marks the distal termination of the mandibular residual ridge. It is composed of mucous glands and fibers of the buccinator muscle, the pterygomandibular raphe, the superior constrictor muscle, and the temporal tendon.
retromolar pad,
n See pad, retromolar.
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