ramus

1. A branch, as of a plant, nerve, or blood vessel.
2. A bony process extending like a branch from a larger bone, especially the ascending part of the lower jaw that makes a joint at the temple.

[Latin rāmus, branch.]

1. a branch of an artery, nerve, or vein. In the Basle Nomina Anatomica terminology, the term ramus is given to a primary division of a nerve or blood vessel. n 2. any constant branch of a fissure, or sulcus, of the brain.

1. A thin bar projecting from a bone that usually helps to form a joint.

2. A branch, especially of a nerve, artery, or vein.

Pl. rami [L.] a branch, as of a nerve, vein or artery.

• r. communicans — pl. rami communicantes; a branch connecting two nerves or two arteries.
• mandibular r. — the vertical extension of each half of the mandible that ends at the coronoid process.

Ramus can refer to:

• A branch
• A portion of a bone (from Latin ramus, "branch"), as in the Ramus of the mandible or Superior pubic ramus
• A nerve ramus such as the Dorsal ramus of spinal nerve
• Petrus Ramus
• The academic journal Ramus: Critical Studies in Greek and Roman Literature

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