Apex Health Dictionary

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Apex: From 3 Different Sources

The uppermost surface of a structure, for example the top, end, or tip of an organ such as a lung or the heart.
Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
The pointed portion of any organ which has a conical shape. The apex of each lung reaches about 3·5–5 cm (1••• or 2 inches) above the collar-bone into the neck. In health, the apex of the heart can be felt below the ?fth rib immediately inside the nipple.
Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary
n. the tip or summit of an organ; for example the heart or lung. The apex of a *tooth is the tip of the root, where there is a small hole (the apical foramen) through which vessels and nerves pass from the pulp to the periapical tissues. —apical adj.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Apex Beat

This is the beat of the APEX of the HEART, which can be felt through the skin to the left of the breastbone between the ?fth and sixth ribs.... apex beat

Apexification

n. a method of inducing a hard-tissue barrier at the apex of an immature tooth following traumatic injury that has caused the pulp to die.... apexification

Apexogenesis

n. a pulp-therapy procedure performed to encourage development and formation of the root end when an immature tooth has sustained injury following trauma but without pulp necrosis.... apexogenesis

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