See Also: railroad crossing(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
crossing(dictionary)
Crossing over(health)
crossing(dictionary)
Crossing over(medicine)
level crossing(dictionary)
grade crossing(dictionary)
four-strand crossing over(medicine)
pedestrian crossing(dictionary)

dorsal hood (medicine) and railroad crossing (oh)


dorsal hood (medicine)


dorsal hood -->
extensor digital expansion


A triangular tendinous aponeurosis including the tendon of the extensor digitorum centrally, interosseus tendons on each side, and a lumbrical tendon laterally. It covers the dorsal aspect of the metacarpophalangeal joint and the proximal phalanx.

Synonym: dorsal hood, extensor aponeurosis, extensor expansion.


railroad crossing (oh)



n [C] AmE
a level crossing