See Also: facies lateralis(medicine)
facies lateralis fibulae(medicine)
facies lateralis tibiae(medicine)
facies lateralis testis(medicine)
facies lateralis ovarii(medicine)
facies lateralis cruris(medicine)
facies lateralis brachii(medicine)
facies lateralis membri inferioris(medicine)
facies malleolaris lateralis tali(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

Honeycomb (medicine) and facies lateralis (medicine)


Honeycomb (medicine)


honeycomb


1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.

2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc, perforated with cells like a honeycomb.

<anatomy> Honeycomb moth See Reticulum.

Origin: AS. Hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb.

Source: Websters Dictionary


facies lateralis (medicine)


facies lateralis -->
lateral surface


The surface of a part of the body that faces away from the midline. The NA recognises a lateral surface on the following structures: fibula; ovary; radius; testis; tibia; zygomatic bone.

Synonym: facies lateralis.