Uncinate, meaning "hooked," can have several meanings in anatomy.
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Uncinate process of pancreas
The uncinate process is a small part of the pancreas. The uncinate process is the formed prolongation of the angle of junction of the lower and left lateral borders in the head of the pancreas. The word "uncinate" comes from the Latin "uncinatus", ...
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Uncinate process of ethmoid bone
In the ethmoid bone, a sickle shaped projection, the uncinate process, projects posteroinferiorly from the ethmoid labyrinth.
Between the posterior edge of this process and the anterior surface of the ethmoid bulla, there is a two-dimensional spac ...
, close to nasal sinus
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