| Kuhnt | Hermann, German ophthalmologist, 1850-1925. See: Kuhnt's spaces, Kuhnt-Junius degeneration, Kuhnt-Junius disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Kuhnt-Junius degeneration | An obsolete eponym for disciform degeneration. Synonym: Kuhnt-Junius disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kuhnt-Junius disease | An obsolete eponym for disciform degeneration. Synonym: Kuhnt-Junius disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kuhnt's spaces | Shallow diverticula or recesses between the ciliary body and ciliary zonule which open into the posterior chamber of the eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of postcentral sulcus | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the terminal part of the middle cerebral artery distributing to the cortex on either side of the postcentral sulcus. Synonym: arteria sulci postcentralis, artery of postcentral sulcus, postcentral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postcentral | Referring to the cerebral convolution forming the posterior bank of the central sulcus: the postcentral gyrus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postcentral area | The cortex of the postcentral gyrus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postcentral artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the terminal part of the middle cerebral artery distributing to the cortex on either side of the postcentral sulcus. Synonym: arteria sulci postcentralis, artery of postcentral sulcus, postcentral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postcentral fissure | A fissure on the superior surface of the cerebellum separating the culmen from the central lobule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postcentral gyrus | The anterior convolution of the parietal lobe, bounded in front by the central sulcus (fissure of Rolando) and posteriorly by the interparietal sulcus. Synonym: gyrus postcentralis, ascending parietal convolution, ascending parietal gyrus, posterior central convolution, posterior central gyrus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postcentral sulcal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the terminal part of the middle cerebral artery distributing to the cortex on either side of the postcentral sulcus. Synonym: arteria sulci postcentralis, artery of postcentral sulcus, postcentral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postcentral sulcus | The sulcus that demarcates the postcentral gyrus from the superior and inferior parietal lobules. Synonym: sulcus postcentralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory cephalic vein | <anatomy, vein> A variable vein that passes along the radial border of the forearm to join the cephalic vein near the elbow. Synonym: vena cephalica accessoria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory hemiazygos vein | <anatomy, vein> Formed by the union of the fourth to seventh left posterior intercostal veins, passes along the side of the bodies of the fifth, sixth, and seventh thoracic vertebrae, then crosses the midline behind the aorta, oesophagus, and thoracic duct, and empties into the azygos vein, sometimes in common with the hemiazygos vein. Synonym: vena hemiazygos accessoria, vena azygos minor superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory saphenous vein | <anatomy, vein> An occasional vein running in the thigh parallel to the great saphenous vein which it joins just before the latter empties into the femoral vein. Synonym: vena saphena accessoria. (05 Mar 2000) |