In the centre of a pumice-covered plateau from loon to 2000 ft. In 1886 there was a serious volcanic eruption in the outlying island of Nivafoou, and at the same time Falcon Reef, normally awash at high water, discharged sufficient scoriae and pumice to form a new island 50 ft.
The superior facet, also called the superior articular process, is a pair of facet joints between pairs of vertebrae. A facet joint is what holds two vertebrae together and each vertebra contains two pairs, an upper-facing superior facet pair and a lower-facing inferior facet pair.
mastoid process a conical projection at the base of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. maxillary process. 1. maxillary prominence. 2. a bony process descending from the ethmoid process of the inferior nasal concha. nursing process see nursing process. odontoid process a toothlike projection of the axis that articulates with the atlas. pterygoid process either of the two processes of the sphenoid bone, descending from the points of junction of the great wings and the body of the bone, and each consisting of a lateral and a medial plate.