| Monro's doctrine | A doctrine that states that the cranial cavity is a closed rigid box and that therefore a change in the quantity of intracranial blood can occur only through the displacement of or replacement by cerebrospinal fluid. Synonym: Monro-Kellie doctrine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Monro's foramen | The short, often slitlike passage that, on both the left and right side, connects the third brain ventricle (of the diencephalon) with the lateral ventricles (of the cerebral hemispheres); the passage is bounded anteriomedially by the column of fornix and posterolaterally by the anterior pole of the thalamus. Synonym: foramen interventriculare, Monro's foramen, porta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monro's line | A line passing from the umbilicus to the anterior superior iliac spine. McBurney's point occurs on this line. Synonym: Monro's line, Richter-Monro line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monro's sulcus | A groove in the lateral wall of the third ventricle on either side leading from the interventricular foramen to the aditus ad aqueductum cerebri; the sulcus-demarcated boundary between dorsal thalamus and hypothalamus. Synonym: sulcus hypothalamicus, Monro's sulcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monro, Alexander Jr | <person> Scottish anatomist, 1733-1817. See: Monro's doctrine, Monro's foramen, Monro's line, Monro's sulcus, Monro-Kellie doctrine, Monro-Richter line, Richter-Monro line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monro, Alexander Sr | <person> Scottish anatomist and surgeon, 1697-1767. See: bursa of Monro. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monro-Kellie doctrine | A doctrine that states that the cranial cavity is a closed rigid box and that therefore a change in the quantity of intracranial blood can occur only through the displacement of or replacement by cerebrospinal fluid. Synonym: Monro-Kellie doctrine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monro-Richter line | A line passing from the umbilicus to the anterior superior iliac spine. McBurney's point occurs on this line. Synonym: Monro's line, Richter-Monro line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bursa of Monro | A bursa sometimes present within the tendon of insertion of the triceps brachii. Synonym: bursa intratendinea olecrani, bursa of Monro. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Richter-Monro line | A line passing from the umbilicus to the anterior superior iliac spine. McBurney's point occurs on this line. Synonym: Monro's line, Richter-Monro line. (05 Mar 2000) |