| recessus sacciformis | An extension of the cavity of the distal radioulnar articulation proximad between the two bones, an extension of the capsule of the elbow joint at the neck of the radius. Synonym: recessus sacciformis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| recessus sphenoethmoidalis | A small cleftlike pocket of the nasal cavity above the superior concha into which the sphenoid sinuses drain. Synonym: recessus sphenoethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recessus sphericus | A rounded depression on the inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, lodging the sacculus. Synonym: recessus sphericus, fovea hemispherica, fovea spherica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recessus splenicus | The extension of the omental bursa toward the hilum of the spleen. Synonym: recessus splenicus, recessus lienalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recessus subhepaticus | The part of the peritoneal cavity between the visceral surface of the liver and the transverse colon. Synonym: recessus subhepaticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recessus subphrenici | The recesses in the peritoneal cavity between the anterior part of the liver and the diaphragm, separated into right and left by the falciform ligament. Synonym: recessus subphrenici, suprahepatic spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recessus subpopliteus | The extension of the cavity of the knee joint between the tendon of the popliteus and lateral condyle of the femur. Synonym: recessus subpopliteus, bursa of popliteus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recessus superior omentalis | A portion of the vestibule of the bursa omentalis that extends upward between the inferior vena cava and the oesophagus. Synonym: recessus superior omentalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recessus suprapinealis | A variable diverticulum from the posterior portion of the third ventricle of the brain, running backward some distance above and beyond the pineal recess. Synonym: recessus suprapinealis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recessus triangularis | An occasional evagination of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain between the anterior commissure and the diverging pillars of the fornix. Synonym: recessus triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars cupularis recessus epitympanici | The dome-shaped, highest portion of the epitympanic recess. Synonym: pars cupularis recessus epitympanici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior canaliculus of chorda tympani | <anatomy> A canal in the petrotympanic or glaserian fissure, near its posterior edge, through which the chorda tympani nerve issues from the skull. Synonym: Civinini's canal, Huguier's canal, iter chordae anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura tympanica canaliculi chordae tympani | The small canal opening found lateral to the pyramidal eminence in the posterior wall of the middle ear cavity from which the chorda tympani nerve emerges to pass anteriorly between the ossicles accompanied by a branch of the stylomastoid artery. Synonym: apertura tympanica canaliculi chordae tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canaliculus chordae tympani | A canal leading from the facial canal to the tympanic cavity through which the chorda tympani nerve enters this cavity. Synonym: canaliculus chordae tympani, iter chordae posterius, small canal of chorda tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans cum chorda tympani | <anatomy, nerve> Terminal branch of chorda tympani joining the lingual nerve in the infratemporal fossa; conveys sensory fibres for taste from anterior two-thirds of tongue and presynaptic parasympathetic fibres destined for submandibular ganglion for innervation of submandibular and sublingual salivary glands. Synonym: ramus communicans cum chorda tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |