| Muller, Peter | <person> German obstetrician, 1836-1922. See: Hillis-Muller manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Muller's capsule | The expanded beginning of a nephron composed of an inner and outer layer: the visceral layer consists of podocytes which surround a tuft of capillaries (glomerulus); the parietal layer is simple squamous epithelium which becomes cuboidal at the tubular pole. Synonym: capsula glomeruli, Bowman's capsule, malpighian capsule, Muller's capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's fibres | Sustentacular neuroglial cells of the retina running through the thickness of the retina from the internal limiting membrane to the bases of the rods and cones where they form a row of junctional complexes. Synonym: Muller's radial cells, sustentacular fibres of retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's fixative | A hardening fixative composed of potassium dichromate, sodium sulfate, and distilled water, similar to Regaud's fixative. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's law | Each type of sensory nerve ending, however stimulated (electrically, mechanically, etc.), gives rise to its own specific sensation; moreover, each type of sensation depends not upon any special character of the different nerves but upon the part of the brain in which their fibres terminate. Synonym: law of specific nerve energies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's manoeuvre | After a forced expiration, an attempt at inspiration is made with closed mouth and nose or closed glottis, whereby the negative pressure in the chest and lungs is made very subatmospheric; the reverse of Valsalva manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's muscle | <anatomy> A rudimentary nonstriated muscle, crossing the infraorbital groove and sphenomaxillary fissure, intimately united with the periosteum of the orbit. Synonym: musculus orbitalis, Muller's muscle, orbital muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's radial cells | Sustentacular neuroglial cells of the retina running through the thickness of the retina from the internal limiting membrane to the bases of the rods and cones where they form a row of junctional complexes. Synonym: Muller's radial cells, sustentacular fibres of retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's sign | <clinical sign> In aortic insufficiency, rhythmical pulsatory movements of the uvula, synchronous with the heart's action; accompanied by swelling and redness of the velum palati and tonsils. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's trigone | The floor of the supraoptic recess of the third ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muller's tubercle | A median protuberance projecting into the embryonic urogenital sinus from its dorsal wall; it is formed from the fused caudal ends of the paramesonephric ducts and is the first evidence of the embryonic uterus and vagina. Synonym: sinus tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hillis-Muller manoeuvre | Manual pressure on the term fundus while a finger in the vagina determines the descent of the head into the pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| formol-Muller fixative | Muller's fixative containing 2% commercial formalin. (05 Mar 2000) |