| Blumberg, Jacob | <person> German surgeon and gynecologist, 1873-1955. See: Blumberg's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Clarke, Jacob | <person> English anatomist, 1817-1880. See: Clarke's column, Clarke's nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moll, Jacob | <person> Dutch oculist, 1832-1914. See: Moll's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winslow, Jacob | <person> Danish anatomist, physicist, and surgeon in Paris, 1669-1760. See: Winslow's foramen, Winslow's ligament, Winslow's pancreas, Winslow's stars, stellulae winslowii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Creutzfeld Jacob disease | <disease, virology> Rare fatal pre senile dementia of humans, similar to kuru and other slow viruses. Method of transmission unknown. Will induce neurological disorder in goats 3-4 years after inoculation with CJD brain extract. Classified pathologically as a subacute spongiform encephalopathy. See: Prions. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Hovius, Jacob | <person> Dutch ophthalmologist, 1710-1786. See: canal of Hovius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| DaCosta, Jacob | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1833-1900. See: DaCosta's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adamantine membrane | The primary enamel cuticle, consisting of two extremely thin layers (the inner one clear and structureless, the outer one cellular), covering the entire crown of newly erupted teeth and subsequently abraded by mastication; it is evident microscopically as an amorphous material between the attachment epithelium and the tooth. Synonym: cuticula dentis, adamantine membrane, dental cuticle, membrana adamantina, Nasmyth's cuticle, Nasmyth's membrane, skin of teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allantoid membrane | An embryonic diverticulum of the hindgut of reptiles, birds, and mammals; in man its blood vessels give rise to those of the umbilical cord. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alveolocapillary membrane | The pulmonary diffusion barrier. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolodental membrane | <anatomy> Fibrous connective tissue surrounding the root of a tooth that separates it from and attaches it to the alveolar bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anal membrane | The dorsal portion of the embryonic cloacal membrane after its division by the urorectal septum. Anterior atlanto-occipital membrane, the fibrous layer that extends from the anterior arch of the atlas to the anterior margin of the foramen magnum. Synonym: membrana atlanto-occipitalis anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anisotropic membrane | This type of synthetic membrane has an asymmetric pore structure: a thinfilm with tight pores backed by a thicker film with wider pores. Thistype of membrane is used for ultrafiltration andreverse osmosis, the porous side faces the feed stream and the tight-pored side faces the product stream. (09 Oct 1997) |
| anterior recess of tympanic membrane | A slitlike space on the tympanic wall between the anterior malleolar fold and the tympanic membrane. Synonym: recessus membranae tympani anterior, Troltsch's pockets, Troltsch's recesses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anti-basement membrane antibody | Autoantibodies to renal glomerular basement membrane antigens. (05 Mar 2000) |