| Duverney's fissures | (usually) two vertical fissures in the anterior portion of the cartilage of the external auditory meatus, filled by fibrous tissue. Synonym: incisurae cartilaginis meatus acustici externi, Duverney's fissures, incisurae santorini, Santorini's fissures, Santorini's incisures. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Duverney, Joseph | <person> French anatomist, 1648-1730. See: Duverney's fissures, Duverney's foramen, Duverney's gland, Duverney's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duverney's foramen | The passage, below and behind the portal hepatis, connecting the two sacs of the peritoneum; it is bounded anteriorly by the hepatoduodenal ligament and posteriorly by a peritoneal fold over the inferior vena cava. Synonym: foramen omentale, foramen epiploicum, aditus ad saccum peritonei minorem, Duverney's foramen, Winslow's foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duverney's gland | One of two mucoid-secreting tubuloalveolar glands on either side of the lower part of the vagina, the equivalent of the bulbourethral glands in the male; ensheathed with vestibular bulbs by ischiocavernosus muscles. Thus erection and muscle contraction cause secretion into vestibule of vagina. Synonym: glandula vestibularis major, Bartholin's gland, Duverney's gland, Tiedemann's gland, vulvovaginal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duverney's muscle | <anatomy> See: orbicularis oculi muscle. Synonym: pars lacrimalis musculi orbicularis oculi, Duverney's muscle, Horner's muscle, musculus tensor tarsi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerebellar fissures | The deep furrows which divide the lobules of the cerebellum. See: postcentral fissure, primary fissure of cerebellum, secondary fissure of cerebellum. Synonym: fissurae cerebelli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerebral fissures | The variously named fissures of the cerebral hemispheres. See: sulci cerebri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Santorini's fissures | (usually) two vertical fissures in the anterior portion of the cartilage of the external auditory meatus, filled by fibrous tissue. Synonym: incisurae cartilaginis meatus acustici externi, Duverney's fissures, incisurae santorini, Santorini's fissures, Santorini's incisures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's fissures | Minute spaces filled with connective tissue between the muscular fasciculi of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fissures of liver | See: left sagittal fissure, right sagittal fissure, porta hepatis, fissure of round ligament of liver, fissure of ligamentum venosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fissures of lung | See: transverse fissure of the lung, oblique fissure of lung. (05 Mar 2000) |