tuber (redirected from tuber coxae, coxal tuber)

tuber /tu·ber/ (too´ber) pl. tu´bera, tubers   [L.]

1. a swelling or protuberance.

2. the essential lesion of tuberous sclerosis, presenting as a pale, firm, nodular, phakomalike glial hamartomatous brain lesion.

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tuber cine´reum  a layer of gray matter forming part of the floor of the third ventricle, to which the infundibulum of the hypothalamus is attached.

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tu·ber (tbr)

n. pl. tubers or tu·ber·a (-br-)

A localized rounded projection or swelling; a knob, tuberosity, or eminence.

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tuber

[t(y)o̅o̅′bər]

a knoblike localized swelling.

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tuber

1. a swelling or protuberance, especially on a bone.

2. a short, thick, fleshy, underground stem carrying a number of buds each capable of growing into a new plant, e.g. potato. A storage phase of plant growth.

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tuber calcaneus, tuber calcis

the point of the hock that serves as the attachment for the gastrocnemius tendon.

tuber cinereum

a mound on the undersurface of the forebrain to which the stalk of the pituitary gland is attached.

tuber coxae, coxal tuber

the point of the hip; the most lateral point of the ilium.

facial tuber

the anterior point on the facial crest, just above the third and fourth cheek teeth of the horse. A homologous point in the cow.

tuber ischii

the caudal point on the floor of the pubis, the tuber ischium or pin bone.

sacral tuber

the most medial prominence on the ilium; above the sacroiliac joint.

tuber scapulae

supraglenoid tubercle.