| sensorium | Origin: L, fr. Sentire, sensum, to discern or perceive by the senses. <physiology> The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localised, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mesenterium dorsale commune | 1. <anatomy> The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesoccum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc. 2. <zoology> One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers. Origin: Gr, + intestine: cf. F. Mesentere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| crus membranaceum commune ductus saemicircularis | The united, nonampullary ends of the superior and posterior saemicircular ducts. Synonym: crus membranaceum commune ductus saemicircularis, common limb of membranous saemicircular ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| integumentum commune | A covering, one of the outer layers of tissue of a plant ovule. (09 Oct 1997) |