| Pecquet, Jean | <person> French anatomist, 1622-1674. See: Pecquet's cistern, Pecquet's duct, receptaculum pecqueti, Pecquet's reservoir. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pecquet's cistern | A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks open; it occurs inconstantly and when present is located posterior to the aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the first and second lumbar vertebrae. Synonym: ampulla chyli, chyle cistern, chylocyst, Pecquet's cistern, Pecquet's reservoir, receptaculum chyli, receptaculum pecqueti. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pecquet's duct | <anatomy> The major efferent lymph duct into which lymph from most of the peripheral lymph nodes drains. Recirculating lymphocytes that have left the circulation in the lymph node return to the blood through the thoracic duct. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Pecquet's reservoir | A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks open; it occurs inconstantly and when present is located posterior to the aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the first and second lumbar vertebrae. Synonym: ampulla chyli, chyle cistern, chylocyst, Pecquet's cistern, Pecquet's reservoir, receptaculum chyli, receptaculum pecqueti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amussat, Jean | <person> French surgeon, 1796-1856. See: Amussat's valve, Amussat's valvula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachmann, Jean George | <person> U.S. Physiologist, 1877-1959. See: Bachmann's bundle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barre, Jean | <person> French neurologist, *1880. See: Barre's sign, Guillain-Barre reflex, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barth, Jean | <person> Strasburg physician, 1806-1877. See: Barth's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baudelocque, Jean | <person> French obstetrician, 1746-1810. See: Baudelocque's diameter, Baudelocque's uterine circle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berger, Jean | <person> 20th century French nephrologist. See: Berger's disease, Berger's focal glomerulonephritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bernard, Jean | <person> French physician, *1907. See: Bernard-Soulier disease, Bernard-Soulier syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bogros, Jean-Annet | <person> French anatomist, 1786-1823. See: Bogros' space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouchut, Jean | <person> French physician, 1818-1891. See: Bouchut's tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouillaud, Jean | <person> French physician, 1796-1881. See: Bouillaud's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| van Helmont, Jean | <person> Flemish physician and chemist, 1577-1644. See: van Helmont's mirror. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marfan, Antoine Bernard-Jean | <person> French paediatrician, 1858-1942. See: Marfan's disease, Marfan's law, Marfan's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |