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(pro-tu-ber-an's hl-ah) [L.] Protuberance, prominence, projection, p. larynge'a, prominent i a laryngea [BNA], Adam's apple, p. menta'lis [BNA], mental protuberance, mental prominence or proce , a rough triangular prominence at the lower portion of the symphysis or central ridge of the mandible, p. occipita'lis exter'na [BNA], external occipital protuberance, a prominence about the center of the outer surface of the squamous portion of the occipital bone, giving attachment to the lig amentum nucha, p. occipita'lis inter'na [BNA], internal occipital protuberance, a projection from about the center of the inner surface of the occipital bone.