| Cowper's ligament | <anatomy> The part of the fascia lata which is anterior to and provides origin for fibres of the pectineus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arcuate pubic ligament | <anatomy> The ligament that arches across the inferior aspect of the pubic symphysis. Synonym: ligamentum arcuatum pubis, inferior pubic ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior pubic ligament | <anatomy> Fibres that pass transversely above the pubic symphysis. Synonym: ligamentum pubicum superius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior pubic ligament | <anatomy> The ligament that arches across the inferior aspect of the pubic symphysis. Synonym: ligamentum arcuatum pubis, inferior pubic ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cowper's cyst | A retention cyst of a bulbourethral gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cowper's gland | One of two small compound racemose glands, that produce a mucoid secretion, lying side by side along the membranous urethra just above the bulb of the corpus spongiosum; they discharge through a small duct into the spongy portion of the urethra. Synonym: glandula bulbourethralis, Cowper's gland, Mery's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cowper's glands | <radiology> Bulbourethal glands, 1.5 - 2.0 cm long, originate from posterior part of bulbous urethra, seen on retrograde urethrography: in chronic urethritis, s/p TURP (12 Dec 1998) |
| Cowper, William | <person> B. Petersfield, Hampshire (Arlesford, according to Cole), in 1666. D. Bishop's Sutton, Mar. 8th, 1709. Was a London Surgeon who published his anatomical works in sumptuous fashion and was one of the first anatomists to dissect a marsupial. Elected F.R.S., 1698. Was much in-debted to the work of Bidloo which he failed to acknowledge. Cowper's Glands - glandulae bulbo-urethrales. These glands had been described previously (1684) by Mery. Lived: 1666-1709. (05 Dec 1998) |
| pubic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes; as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of the hypogastric region. See: Pubes. Of or pertaining to the pubis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pubic angle | The angle formed between the inferior rami of the pubic bones. In the female, the angle approximates that angle between the widely extended thumb and index finger (90 |
| pubic arch | The arch formed by the symphysis, bodies and inferior rami of the pubic bones. See: subpubic angle. Synonym: arcus pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic arteries | See: pubic branch of inferior epigastric artery, pubic branch of obturator artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic baldness | Loss of pubic hair. Synonym: pubomadesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic body | The flattened medial portion of the pubic bone entering into the pubic symphysis. From it extend the superior and inferior rami. Synonym: corpus ossis pubis, pubic body, body of pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic bone | The prominence caused by a pad of fatty tissue over the symphysis pubis in the female. Synonym: os pubis, mons veneris, pubes, pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |