| Breschet's bones | One of the small ossicles occasionally found in the ligaments of the sternoclavicular articulation. Synonym: Breschet's bones, episternal bone, suprasternal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Breschet's canals | Channels in the diploe that accommodate the diploic veins. Synonym: canales diploici, Breschet's canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Breschet's hiatus | <anatomy> The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, a helix + a hole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Breschet's sinus | A paired dural venous sinus beginning on the parietal bone, running along the sphenoidal ridges and emptying into the cavernous sinus. Synonym: sinus sphenoparietalis, Breschet's sinus, sinus alae parvae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Breschet's vein | <anatomy, vein> One of the veins in the diploe of the cranial bones, connected with the cerebral sinuses by emissary veins; the main diploic veins are the frontal, anterior temporal, posterior temporal, and occipital. Synonym: vena diploica, Breschet's vein, Dupuytren's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Breschet, Gilbert | <person> French anatomist, 1784-1845. See: Breschet's bones, Breschet's canals, Breschet's hiatus, Breschet's sinus, Breschet's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |