Torus_(disambiguation)

Torus (disambiguation)

Torus (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term


A torus, pl. tori, is a type of surface.

Torus may also refer to:

Music

Science and technology

Architecture

Astrophysics

Biology

  • Receptacle (botany), the thickened part of a stem from which the flower and fruit parts grow
  • Sagittal keel, or sagittal torus, a structure found in crania
  • Torus, a structure of the xylem

Mathematics

Medicine

  • Torus palatinus, a bony growth on the palate
  • Torus mandibularis, a bony growth on the mandible
  • Torus tubarius, the base of the opening of Eustachian tube into the nasopharynx
  • Torus fracture, a term used in radiology to describe an incomplete fracture of the distal radius in children where there is no obvious fracture line on any radiograph.

Nuclear physics

Other uses

See also


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