eminen'tla

(em-i-nen's hl-ah) [L. promine'nce; eminere, to project.] Eminence, a circumscribed area raised above the general level of the surrounding surface, e. acus'tic a, a prominence in the floor of the fourth ventricle at the base of the trigonum vagi (ala cinerea) over which the striae acusticae. e. annul a'ris, pons Varolii, e. arcua'ta [BNA], arcuate eminence, a prominence on the superior (anterior) surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone indicating the position of the superior semicircular canal, c. articula'ris, tuberculum articulare of the temporal bone. e. car'pi radia'lis [BNA], a rather large flat eminence on the radial (outer) side of the front of the wrist, due to the tuberosity of scaphoid and the ridge on the trapezium, c. car'pi ulna'ris [BNA], an eminence, smaller than the radial, as the ulnar (inner) side of the front of the wrist, due to presence of the pisiform bone. e. coUatera'lis [BNA], collateral eminence, an elevation on the floor of the collateral trigone of the lateral ventricle of the brain, between the hippocampus and the calcar avis, caused by the proximity of the bottom of the mid-collateral fi ure; called also the posterior collateral eminence. The anterior collateral eminence is an elevation occasionally present on the floor of the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle, caused by the proximity of the anterior portion of the collateral fi ure when this is present, e. con'- chse [BNA], eminence of the concha, the prominence on the cranial surface of the auricle corresponding to the concha, e. crucia'ta [BNA], cruciate eminence, a figure on the internal surface of the occipital bone formed by ridges running forward and backward from the protuberance and by the margins of the groove for the lateral sinus on either side; it divides the surface of the bone into foiir fo ae, a cerebral and a cerebellar on each side. e. facia'lis, colliculus facial is, a thickening of the e. medial is above the medullary (acustic) striae in the floor of the fourth ventricle, marking the location of the genu of the facial nerve, e. fos's se triangula'ris [BNA], eminence of the triangular fo a, the prominence on the cranial surface of the auricle corresponding to the fo a triangular is, e. front a'lis, tuber frontale [BNA]. e. gra'cilis, funiculus gracilis. e. iliopectin'ea [BNA], iliopectineal eminence, a rounded elevation on the inner surface of the innominate bone at the junction of the ilium and pubis, e. inter condyloid'ea [BNA], inter condyloid eminence, spinous proce of the tibia; an elevation on the upper surface of the shaft of the tibia between the two articular surfaces, e. later a'lis (i) the tubercle on the cricoid cartilage articulating with the inferior horn of the thyroid; (2) pes acce orius. c. funiculus teres a small rounded elevation in the fovea superior of the floor of the fourth ventricle, bounding the median groove on either side, and