Definitions for "Calcar"
A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
A spur, or spurlike prominence.
A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.
Keywords:  cortical, femur, proximal, dense, media
An area in the media region of the proximal femur which is characterized by very dense cortical bone.
a small projection from any structure like the calcaneous