ham'ulus, gen. and pi. ham'uli

[L. dim. of ham us, hook.] I. Any hook-like structure,.s. The hamular proce , a hook-like proce on the distal and inner part of the anterior or palmar surface of the unciform bone. h. cochleae, a sickle-shaped proce at the tip of the lamina spiral is of the cochlea, bounding in' part the helicotrema. h. lacrima'lis [BNA], lacrymal hamulus, hamular proce of the lacrymal bone the hook-like lower end of the lacrymal crest, curving between the frontal proce and orbital surface of the superior maxilla to form the upper aperture of the bony portion of the nasal duct.' h. lam'inse spira'lis, [BNA], hook of the spiral lamina, the upper hook-like termination of the lamina spiral is