| viscerosensory reflex | An area of pain or sensitivity to pressure in the external body wall due to disease of one of the viscera. See: Head's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| visceroskeletal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| visceroskeleton | 1. <anatomy> Any bony formation in an organ, as in the heart, tongue, or penis of certain animals; the term also includes, according to some anatomists, the cartilaginous rings of the trachea and bronchi. 2. That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera. The bony framework protecting the viscera, such as the ribs and sternum, the pelvic bones, and the anterior portion of the skull. Synonym: splanchnoskeleton, visceral skeleton. Origin: Gr. An entrail + E. Skeleton. Source: Websters Dictionary (05 Mar 2000) |
| viscerosomatic | Relating to the viscera and the body. Synonym: splanchnosomatic. Origin: viscero-+ G. Soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| viscerotome | An instrument by means of which a section of an organ, e.g., the liver, can be removed from a cadaver for examination without performing a general autopsy. Origin: viscero-+ G. Tomos, cutting (05 Mar 2000) |
| viscerotomy | Dissection of the viscera by incision, especially postmortem. Origin: viscero-+ G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| viscerotonia | Personality traits of love of food, sociability, general relaxation, friendliness, and affection. Origin: viscero-+ G. Tonos, tone (05 Mar 2000) |
| viscerotrophic | Relating to any trophic change determined by visceral conditions. Origin: viscero-+ G. Trophe, nourishment (05 Mar 2000) |
| viscerotrophic reflex | A degenerative change in the skeletal soft tissues consequent upon a chronic inflammatory condition of any of the thoracic or abdominal viscera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| viscerotropic | Affecting the viscera. Origin: L. Viscero internal organs, + G. Trope, a turning (05 Mar 2000) |