| sacculus vestibuli | <anatomy> A little sac; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. Origin: L, little sack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sacculus | <anatomy> A little sac; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. Origin: L, little sack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sacculus alveolaris | Terminal dilation of the alveolar ducts that give rise to alveoli in the lung; a small air chamber in the pulmonary tissue from which the pulmonary alveoli project like bays and into which an alveolar duct opens; in birds, air-containing extensions of bronchi that connect with bone cavities. Synonym: sacculus alveolaris, air sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacculus communis | A small bladder, a membranous bladder-like sac enclosing an ovary or fruit. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sacculus endolymphaticus | The blind pouch at the end of the endolymphatic duct. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sacculus lacrimalis | The upper portion of the nasolacrimal duct into which empty the two lacrimal canaliculi; empty. Synonym: saccus lacrimalis, dacryocyst, sacculus lacrimalis, tear sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacculus laryngis | A small diverticulum provided with mucous glands extending upward from the ventricle of the larynx between the vestibular fold and the lamina of the thyroid cartilage; it is a vestigial structure, being a much larger structure interdigitating with the neck musculature in some of the great apes where it serves as a resonating chamber. Synonym: sacculus laryngis, appendix ventriculi laryngis, Hilton's sac, laryngeal pouch. Origin: L. Sacculus (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacculus proprius | <anatomy> A little sac; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. Origin: L, little sack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| apertura externa aqueductus vestibuli | The external opening of the vestibular aqueduct on the posterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone near the groove for the sigmoid sinus. Synonym: apertura externa aqueductus vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aqueductus vestibuli | aqueduct of vestibule |
| arteria bulbi vestibuli | The branch of the internal pudendal artery in the female that supplies the bulb of the vestibule. Synonym: arteria bulbi vestibuli, arteria bulbi vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulbus vestibuli vaginae | A mass of erectile tissue on either side of the vagina united anterior to the urethra by the commissura bulborum. Synonym: bulbus vestibuli vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valvula vestibuli | An obsolete term for valvula venosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena aqueductus vestibuli | A small vein accompanying the endolymphatic duct; it drains much of the vestibular portion of the labyrinth and terminates in the inferior petrosal sinus. Synonym: vena aqueductus vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena bulbi vestibuli | The vein draining the bulb of the vestibule; a tributary of the internal pudendal vein. Synonym: vena bulbi vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rima vestibuli | The interval between the false vocal cords or vestibular folds. Synonym: false glottis, glottis spuria, rima respiratoria. (05 Mar 2000) |