| Hunter's gubernaculum | An obsolete term for gubernaculum testis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hunter's canal | The space in middle third of the thigh between the vastus medialis and adductor muscles, converted into a canal by the overlying sartorius muscle. It gives passage to the femoral vessels and saphenous nerve, ending at the adductor hiatus. Synonym: canalis adductorius, Hunter's canal, subsartorial canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter's operation | Ligation of the artery proximal and distal to an aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gubernaculum | A fibrous cord connecting two structures. A mesenchymal column of tissue that connects the foetal testis to the developing scrotum; it appears to play a role in testicular descent. Synonym: gubernaculum testis. Origin: L. A helm (05 Mar 2000) |
| gubernaculum dentis | A connective tissue band uniting the tooth sac with the gum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gubernaculum testis | A fibrous cord connecting two structures. A mesenchymal column of tissue that connects the foetal testis to the developing scrotum; it appears to play a role in testicular descent. Synonym: gubernaculum testis. Origin: L. A helm (05 Mar 2000) |
| hunter | 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman. 2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. 3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting. 4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter. "No keener hunter after glory breathes." (Tennyson) 5. <zoology> A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting. 6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon. <mechanics> Hunter's screw, a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See Differential. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hunter and Driffield curve | Sensitometric curve of radiographic film, a plot of the film density versus the logarithm of the relative exposure. Synonym: H and D curve, Hunter and Driffield curve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter, Charles | <person> Canadian physician, 1872-1955. See: Hunter's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter, John | <person> Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist and pathologist, 1728-1793. See: Hunter's canal, Hunter's gubernaculum, Hunter's operation, Hunter-Schreger bands, Hunter-Schreger lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter-Schreger bands | Alternating light and dark lines seen in dental enamel that begin at the dentoenamel junction and end before they reach the enamel surface; they represent areas of enamel rods cut in cross-sections dispersed between areas of rods cut longitudinally. Synonym: Hunter-Schreger lines, Schreger's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter-Schreger lines | Alternating light and dark lines seen in dental enamel that begin at the dentoenamel junction and end before they reach the enamel surface; they represent areas of enamel rods cut in cross-sections dispersed between areas of rods cut longitudinally. Synonym: Hunter-Schreger lines, Schreger's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter's glossitis | See: atrophic glossitis. Median rhomboid glossitis, an asymptomatic, ovoid or rhomboid, macular or mamellated, erythematous lesion with papillary atrophy on the dorsum of the tongue just anterior to the circumvalate papillae; thought to represent a persistent tuberculum impar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter's ligament | A fibromuscular band that is attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the uterine tube; it passes through the inguinal canal to the labium majus; corresponds to the spermatic cord of male in that it passes through the inguinal canal and gains similar coverings, but is not homologous. Synonym: ligamentum teres uteri, Hunter's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter's line | A fibrous band running vertically the entire length of the centre of the anterior abdominal wall, receiving the attachments of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles. Synonym: Hunter's line, white line. (05 Mar 2000) |