glossary test 2 Flashcards
helix
the outer rim of the ear
hidden stitch
(intradermal suture); type of suture used to close incisions in such a manner that the ligature remains entirely under the epidermis
horizontal
parallel to the place of the horizon
horseshoe curve
roughly U shaped, with the front being narrower than the sweep of the curve
humor
any liquid or semi liquid, ex. the aqueous or vitreous humor of the eyeball
hunting bow
shaped as a bent weapon with a central belly; resembling a “cupid” bow; the five arcs in the line of the lip closure resemble the design of the classic hunting bow
hypodermic injection
the insertion of chemicals directly into the tissues through the use of a syringe and needle
hypodermic tissue building
the injection of special creams or liquids into the tissues through the use of a syringe and needle to restore natural contour
incision
a clean cut into tissue or skin
incisive fossa
the depression between the mental eminence and the inferior incisor teeth
incisor teeth
the four teeth located anteriorly from the midline on each jaw; used for cutting
inclination
slope; deviation from the horizontal or vertical; oblique
infantine
babyish, childlike in regard to much adipose tissue; also refers to a facial profile
inferior
beneath; lower in plane or position; the undersurface of an organ or indicating a structure below another structure; toward the feet
inferior nasal conchae
the lowermost scroll shaped bones on the sidewalls of the nasal cavity
inferior palpebral sulcus
the furrow of the lower attached border of the inferior palpebra; an “acquired” facial marking
infranasal prognathism
a form of prognathism in which the base of the nasal cavity protrudes abnormally
inner canthus
eminence at the medial corner of the closed eyelids
integumentary lips
superiorly, the skin portion of the upper lip from the attached margin of the upper mucous membrane to the base of the nose; inferiorly, the skin portion of the lower lip from the attached margin of the lower mucous membrane to the labiomental sulcus