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  2. Dentate nucleus - Wikipedia

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    The dentate forms the largest pathway between the cerebellum and the remainder of the brain. [1] It is the largest and most lateral of the four pairs of deep cerebellar nuclei , the others being the globose and emboliform nuclei, which together are referred to as the interposed nucleus , and the fastigial nucleus.

  3. Head and neck anatomy - Wikipedia

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    There are various tooth shapes for different jobs. For example, when chewing, the upper teeth work together with the lower teeth of the same shape to bite, chew, and tear food. The names of these teeth are: (1) Incisors, there are eight incisors located in the front of the mouth (four on the top and four on the bottom). They have sharp, chisel ...

  4. Sulcus (morphology) - Wikipedia

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    Gingival sulcus at neck of mammalian tooth Pollen grains of Cercis are sulcate, with reticulate surface. Rotating image of human brain, illustrating the lateral sulcus in the brain. In biological morphology and anatomy, a sulcus (pl.: sulci) is a furrow or fissure (Latin fissura, pl.: fissurae).

  5. Mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve - Wikipedia

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    Unlike many nuclei within the central nervous system (CNS), the mesencephalic nucleus contains no chemical synapses, neurons instead being electrically coupled. [4] Neurons of this nucleus are pseudounipolar, receiving proprioceptive afferent information from the mandible and sending efferent projections to the trigeminal motor nucleus to mediate the monosynaptic jaw jerk reflex.

  6. Brain - Wikipedia

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    The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.It consists of nervous tissue and is typically located in the head (cephalization), usually near organs for special senses such as vision, hearing and olfaction.

  7. Universal Numbering System - Wikipedia

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    The tooth designated "1" is the maxillary right third molar ("wisdom tooth") and the count continues along the upper teeth to the left side. Then the count begins at the mandibular left third molar, designated number 17, and continues along the bottom teeth to the right side. Each tooth has a unique number or letter, allowing for easier use on ...

  8. Infundibulum - Wikipedia

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    Cephalopod limb: The outer shallow cavity of a sucker on a Cephalopod limb is called an infundibulum.; Infundibulum, a genus of sea snail; In the science fiction novel The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, a "chronosynclastic infundibulum" is a kind of wormhole through time and space, defined as "where all the different kinds of truths fit together".

  9. Human tooth - Wikipedia

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    The maxillary teeth are the maxillary central incisors (teeth 8 and 9 in the diagram), maxillary lateral incisors (7 and 10), maxillary canines (6 and 11), maxillary first premolars (5 and 12), maxillary second premolars (4 and 13), maxillary first molars (3 and 14), maxillary second molars (2 and 15), and maxillary third molars (1 and 16). The ...