| Scarpa's hiatus | <anatomy> The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, a helix + a hole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Scarpa's liquor | <anatomy> The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. Origin: Endo- + lymph: cf. F. Endolymphe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scarpa's membrane | The membrane closing the fenestra cochleae or rotunda. Synonym: membrana tympani secundaria, Scarpa's membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's method | Cure of aneurysm by ligation of the artery at some distance above the sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's sheath | H;one of the coverings of the spermatic cord, formed of delicate connective tissue and of muscular fibres derived from the internal oblique muscle (cremaster muscle). See: aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: fascia cremasterica, Cooper's fascia, Scarpa's sheath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's staphyloma | A bulging near the posterior pole of the eyeball due to degenerative changes in severe myopia. Synonym: Scarpa's staphyloma, sclerochoroiditis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's triangle | A triangular space at the upper part of the thigh, bounded by the sartorius and adductor longus muscles and the inguinal ligament, with a floor formed laterally by the iliopsoas muscle and medially by the pectineus muscle; the branches of the femoral nerve are distributed within the femoral triangle; it is bisected by the femoral vessels, which enter the adductor canal at its apex. Synonym: trigonum femorale, fossa scarpae major, Scarpa's triangle, subinguinal triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa, Antonio | <person> Italian anatomist, orthopedist, and ophthalmologist, 1747-1832. See: canals of Scarpa, Scarpa's fascia, Scarpa's fluid, Scarpa's foramina, fossa scarpae major, Scarpa's ganglion, Scarpa's habenula, Scarpa's hiatus, Scarpa's liquor, Scarpa's membrane, Scarpa's method, Scarpa's sheath, Scarpa's staphyloma, Scarpa's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarring alopecia | Alopecia in which hair follicles are irreversibly destroyed by scarring processes including trauma, burns, lupus erythematosus, lichen planopilaris, scleroderma, folliculitis decalvans, or of uncertain cause (pseudopelade). Synonym: alopecia cicatrisata, cicatricial alopecia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarus | <zoology> A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) od excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans. Synonym: parrot fish. Origin: L. See Scar a kind of fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |