| 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) |
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| 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) |
| Muller, Walther | <person> 20th century German physicist. See: Geiger-Muller counter, Geiger-Muller tube. (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) |