| CPC | central posterior curve; cerebellar Purkinje cell; cerebral palsy clinic; cerebral performance categ... |
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| HPS | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; hematoxylin, phloxin, and saffron; Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome; high-pr... |
| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| PF | pair feeding; peak flow; perfusion fluid; pericardial fluid; periosteal fibroblast; peritoneal fluid... |
| PL | palmaris longus; pancreatic lipase; perception of light; peroneus longus; phospholipase; phospholipi... |
| PCD | Purkinje Cell Degeneration |
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| P-cell | Purkinje cell |
| PF | Purkinje fiber |
| PN | Purkinje neuron |
| Purkinje images | <ophthalmology, physiology> The two images formed by the anterior and posterior surfaces of the cornea and the two images formed by the anterior and posterior surfaces of the lens. Synonym: catatropic image, Purkinje images, Sanson's images. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Purkinje, Johannes von | <person> Bohemian anatomist and physiologist, 1787-1869. See: Purkinje conduction, Purkinje images, Purkinje shift, Purkinje system, Purkinje cell, Purkinje's corpuscle, Purkinje's fibres, Purkinje's figures, Purkinje's layer, Purkinje's network, Purkinje's phenomenon, Purkinje-Sanson images. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Purkinje-Sanson images | <ophthalmology, physiology> The two images formed by the anterior and posterior surfaces of the cornea and the two images formed by the anterior and posterior surfaces of the lens. Synonym: catatropic image, Purkinje images, Sanson's images. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Purkinje's cells | <neurology, pathology> A class of output neurons in the cerebellum, which are the only neurons that convey signals away from the cerebellum. They form a layer of large ganglion cells near the surface of the cerebellum. Origin: From J. E. Purkinje, their discoverer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Purkinje's corpuscle | <neurology, pathology> A class of output neurons in the cerebellum, which are the only neurons that convey signals away from the cerebellum. They form a layer of large ganglion cells near the surface of the cerebellum. Origin: From J. E. Purkinje, their discoverer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Purkinje's fibres | <cardiology, pathology> A group of specialised cardiac muscle cells that conduct electrical impulses through the heart and are involved in regulating the heart beat. The fibres form the terminal portion of the heart conduction system and have central granulated protoplasm containing one or two nuclei and a transversely striated peripheral portion. They are the terminal ramifications of the conducting system of the heart found beneath the endocardium of the ventricles. See: conducting system of heart. (10 Jul 2002) |
| Purkinje's figures | <ophthalmology> Shadows of the retinal vessels, seen as dark lines on a reddish field when a light enters the eye through the sclera and not the pupil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Purkinje shift | <ophthalmology> In the light-adapted eye, the region of maximal brightness is in the yellow; in the dark-adapted eye, the region of maximal brightness is in the green. Synonym: Purkinje effect, Purkinje shift. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Purkinje's layer | The layer of Purkinje cells between the molecular and granular layers of the cerebellar cortex. Synonym: stratum neuronorum piriformium, ganglionic layer of cerebellar cortex, layer of piriform neurons, Purkinje's layer, stratum gangliosum cerebelli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Purkinje's network | <cardiology, physiology> The network formed by Purkinje's fibres beneath the endocardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Purkinje's phenomenon | <ophthalmology> In the light-adapted eye, the region of maximal brightness is in the yellow; in the dark-adapted eye, the region of maximal brightness is in the green. Synonym: Purkinje effect, Purkinje shift. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Purkinje system | <cardiology, physiology> Terminal ramifications in the ventricles of the specialised conducting system of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |