(anatomy) One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the external carotid artery or sometimes from the common carotid artery at the level of the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and that gives off branches to nearby muscles and to the thyroid gland.

(anatomy) A branch of the superior thyroid artery or sometimes of the external carotid artery that supplies the muscles, mucous membranes, and glands of the larynx and anastomoses with the branch from the opposite side.

(anatomy) Synonym of carotid triangle.

(anatomy) One of two openings transmitting nerves and blood vessels to or from the orbit, situated superiorly between the greater wing and the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone.

(anatomy) The smaller of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated superiorly and connects the cavernous and transverse sinuses of the same side.

(anatomy) One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater passing backward in the convex attached superior margin of the falx cerebri and ending at the internal occipital protuberance by fusion with the transverse sinus.

plural of superior nasal concha

(anatomy) The upper of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall of each nasal fossa that forms the upper boundary of the superior meatus of the nose.

Synonym of hyperthymesia

plural of superior autobiographical memory