| telencephalic flexure | A flexure appearing in the embryonic forebrain region. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transverse rhombencephalic flexure | The dorsally concave curvature of the rhombencephalon in the embryo; appearance indicates division of rhombencephalon into myelencephalon and metencephalon. Synonym: basicranial flexure, transverse rhombencephalic flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexure | 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. "Will it give place to flexure and low bending?" (Shak) 2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. "Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered." (British Quart. Rev) 3. <zoology> The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. 4. <astronomy> The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion. <mathematics> The flexure of a curve, the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line. Origin: L. Flexura. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| left colic flexure | The bend at the junction of the transverse and descending colon. Synonym: flexura coli sinistra, splenic flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar flexure | The normal ventral curve of the vertebral column in the lumbar region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventral primary rami of sacral spinal nerves | See: ventral primary ramus of spinal nerve. Synonym: rami ventrales nervorum sacralium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| median sacral artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, posterior aspect of abdominal aorta just above the bifurcation; distribution, lower lumbar vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx; anastomoses, lateral sacral, superior and middle rectal. Synonym: arteria sacralis mediana, middle sacral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| median sacral crest | An unpaired crest formed by the fused spinous processes of the upper four sacral vertebrae. Synonym: crista sacralis mediana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| median sacral vein | <anatomy, vein> An unpaired vein accompanying the middle sacral artery receiving blood from the sacral venous plexus and emptying into the left common iliac vein. Synonym: vena sacralis mediana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle sacral artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, posterior aspect of abdominal aorta just above the bifurcation; distribution, lower lumbar vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx; anastomoses, lateral sacral, superior and middle rectal. Synonym: arteria sacralis mediana, middle sacral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle sacral plexus | A lymphatic plexus formed of lymph nodes and connecting vessels situated chiefly in the mesorectum anterior and inferior to the sacral promontory. Synonym: plexus sacralis medius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacral | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacral agenesis | <radiology> Agenesis or hypoplasia of sacrum, part of caudal-regression syndrome, associated with maternal diabetes, with or without inherited, possible features: absent lower extremities, bladder/bowel impairment (12 Dec 1998) |
| sacral anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia limited to those areas innervated by sacral sensory nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacral canal | The continuation of the vertebral canal in the sacrum. Synonym: canalis sacralis. (05 Mar 2000) |