| rete vasculosum articulare | A vascular rete in the neighborhood of a joint, where such arrangements are common, enabling a collateral circulation by which blood will be supplied distal to the joint regardless of compromises resulting from joint position. Synonym: circulus articularis vasculosus, rete vasculosum articulare, articular network. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rete venosum dorsale manus | A superficial network of veins on the dorsum of the hand emptying into the cephalic and the basilic veins. Synonym: rete venosum dorsale manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rete venosum dorsale pedis | A superficial network of fine veins on the dorsum of the foot. Synonym: rete venosum dorsale pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rete venosum plantare | A fine superficial venous network in the sole of the foot. Synonym: rete venosum plantare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chinese hamster ovary cell | <cell culture> Cells from the ovaries of Chinese hamsters that are used to grow viruses, including the ones from the family Herpesviridae. (05 Jan 1998) |
| mesovarian border of ovary | The border of the ovary to which the mesovarium is attached. Synonym: margo mesovaricus ovarii, mesovarian margin of ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesovarian margin of ovary | The border of the ovary to which the mesovarium is attached. Synonym: margo mesovaricus ovarii, mesovarian margin of ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mulberry ovary | The type of ovary produced by the administration of anterior pituitary extracts to immature rats; such an ovary contains many more follicles than normal, with the follicles in various stages of development and with prominent corpora lutea on their surfaces, thus the perceived resemblance to a mulberry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polycystic ovary | Enlarged cystic ovary's, pearl white in colour, with thickened tunica albuginea, characteristic of the Stein-Leventhal syndrome; clinical features are abnormal menses, obesity, and evidence of masculinization, such as hirsutism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polycystic ovary syndrome | <syndrome> Clinical symptom complex characterised by oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea, anovulation, and regularly associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cortex of ovary | The layer of the ovarian stroma lying immediately beneath the tunica albuginea, composed of connective tissue cells and fibres, among which are scattered primary and secondary (antral) follicles in various stages of development; the cortex varies in thickness according to the age of the individual, becoming thinner with advancing years. Synonym: cortex ovarii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haller's rete | <anatomy> The network of canals at the termination of the straight seminiferous tubules in the mediastinum testis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| proper ligament of ovary | <anatomy> A cordlike bundle of fibres passing to the side of the uterus from the lower end of the ovary, between the folds of the broad ligament (mesovarium). Synonym: ligamentum ovarii proprium, proper ligament of ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerocystic disease of the ovary | <syndrome> Clinical symptom complex characterised by oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea, anovulation, and regularly associated with bilateral polycystic ovaries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hilar cell tumour of ovary | A small benign masculinizing ovarian tumour derived from hilar cells, which resemble Leydig cells of the testis. (05 Mar 2000) |