| anterolateral striate arteries | Numerous small branches from the sphenoidal part of the middle cerebral arteries supplying the lateral and anterior parts of the corpus striatum. Synonym: arteriae centrales anterolaterales, arteriae thalamostriatae anterolaterales, anterolateral central arteries, anterolateral striate arteries, anterolateral thalamostriate arteries, arteries of cerebral haemorrhage, lenticulostriate arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medial striate artery | <anatomy, artery> Arises at or just distal to the anterior communicating artery; distribution: anterior caudate and putamen and anterior limb of internal capsule. Synonym: arteria centralis longa, arteria recurrens, artery of Heubner, long central artery, recurrent artery of Heubner, recurrent artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| striate | Striped with parallel longitudinal lines or ridges. (09 Oct 1997) |
| striate area | Area of the occipital lobe concerned with vision. (12 Dec 1998) |
| striate atrophy of skin | Bands of thin wrinkled skin, initially red but becoming purple and white, which occur commonly on the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs at puberty and/or during and following pregnancy, and result from atrophy of the dermis and overextension of the skin; also associated with ascites and Cushing's syndrome. Synonym: atrophoderma striatum, lineae albicantes, lineae atrophicae, linear atrophy, stretch marks, stria, striae atrophicae, striate atrophy of skin, traction atrophy, vergeture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| striate body | The caudate and lentiform (lenticular) nuclei; the striate appearance on section is caused by slender fascicles of myelinated fibres. Histologically, the striate body can be subdivided into the generally small-celled striatum, consisting of the caudate nucleus and the outer segment of the lentiform nucleus (the putamen), and a large-celled globus pallidus composed of the two segments. Synonym: corpus striatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| striate cortex | See: visual cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| striate keratopathy | Corneal stromal oedema with formation of criss-cross tracts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| striate veins | Veins draining the thalamus and striate body exiting the anterior perforated substance; tributary to the basal vein. Synonym: venae thalamostriatae inferiores, striate veins, venae striatae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral striate arteries | Numerous small branches from the sphenoidal part of the middle cerebral arteries supplying the lateral and anterior parts of the corpus striatum. Synonym: arteriae centrales anterolaterales, arteriae thalamostriatae anterolaterales, anterolateral central arteries, anterolateral striate arteries, anterolateral thalamostriate arteries, arteries of cerebral haemorrhage, lenticulostriate arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteriosclerotic retinopathy | Retinopathy distinguished by attenuated retinal arterioles with increased tortuosity, copper-or silver-wire appearance, perivascular sheathing, irregularity of lumen and scattered small haemorrhages, and small, sharp-edged deposits without surrounding oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| background retinopathy | <ophthalmology, pathology> Early stage of diabetic retinopathy, it usually does not impair vision. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (09 Oct 1997) |
| macular retinopathy | Any pathological condition of the macula lutea. Synonym: macular retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venous-stasis retinopathy | A uniocular retinopathy associated with occlusion of the central retinal vein; a nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal retinopathy | Hypertensive retinopathy associated with chronic glomerulonephritis or nephrosclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |