Definition of Condylar process

1. Noun. The condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull.


Medical Definition of Condylar process

1. The articular process of the ramus of the mandible; it includes the head of the mandible, the neck of the mandible and pterygoid fovea. Synonym: processus condylaris, condyloid process, mandibular condyle. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Condylar Process

condurango
conduritol
conduritols
condurrite
condylar
condylar articulation
condylar axis
condylar canal
condylar emissary vein
condylar fossa
condylar guidance
condylar guidance inclination
condylar guide
condylar hinge position
condylar joint
condylar process (current term)
condylarthrosis
condyle
condyle cord
condyle of humerus
condyle path
condylectomy
condyles
condylion
condyloid
condyloid process
condyloma latum

Literary usage of Condylar process

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"The condylar process consists of the condyle [capitulum mandibulae] and the narrowed portion by which it is supported, the neck. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1874)
"condylar process of mandible concave internally ; descending process rounded off inferiorly ; coronoid process very oblique. ..."

3. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"The condylar process, although imperfectly preserved, was apparently present, ... But, if the condylar process is correctly represented, it shows that ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"... time forms the enter wall of the atrial cavity of its side, and also a rounded condylar process for articulation with the centrum of the first vertebra. ..."

5. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"... in the plane of the bone ; it is flattened from above downward, and its tip was covered with cartilage. The ulnar condylar process is stout and thick, ..."

6. Treatise on Fractures in General, Industrial, and Military Practice by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1921)
"... the region of the incisor teeth in 22, the region of the molar teeth in I5, posterior to the teeth in 8, and the condylar process in 5 instances. ..."

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