| fascicular keratitis | A phlyctenular keratitis followed by the formation of a band or fascicle of blood vessels extending from the margin toward the centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fascicular ophthalmoplegia | Ophthalmoplegia due to a lesion within the brainstem. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascicular sarcoma | <tumour> A malignant neoplasm, believed to be of mesenchymal origin, composed of elongated, spindle-shaped cells. Synonym: fascicular sarcoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascicular ulcer | A localised vascularization of the cornea to the site of a corneal ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculata cell | A cell of the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex that contains numerous lipid droplets due to the presence of corticosteroids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculate | Relating to a fasciculus; arranged in the form of a bundle or collection of rods. Synonym: fasciculate, fasciculated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculation | <neurology, physiology> A small local contraction of muscles, visible through the skin, representing a spontaneous discharge of a number of fibres innervated by a single motor nerve filament. (18 Nov 1997) |
| fasciculi | Plural of fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculi longitudinales ligamenti cruciformis atlantis | <anatomy> Ligamentous slips forming the "upright" or vertical beam of the cruciform ligament. Synonym: fasciculi longitudinales ligamenti cruciformis atlantis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculi longitudinales pontis | The massive bundles of corticofugal fibres passing longitudinally through the ventral part of pons; they are composed of corticopontine, corticobulbar, and corticospinal fibres. Synonym: fasciculi longitudinales pontis, longitudinal pontine bundles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculi proprii | Flechsig's fasciculi or ground bundles (f. Anterior proprius and fasciculus lateralis proprius or lateral ground bundle); intersegmental fasciculi; ascending and descending association fibre systems of the spinal cord which lie deep in the anterior, lateral, and posterior funiculi adjacent to the gray matter. Synonym: ground bundles, intersegmental fasciculi, proper fasciculi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculi rubroreticulares | Bundles of fibres that connect the red nucleus to the pontine and midbrain reticular nuclei. Synonym: fasciculi rubroreticulares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculi transversi | The transversely directed fibres in the distal portions of the palmar and plantar aponeuroses. Synonym: transverse fasciculi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculus | Origin: L. See Fascicle. 1. A little bundle; a fascicle. 2. A division of a book. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fasciculus anterior proprius | The ground bundle of the anterior column of the spinal cord. See: fasciculi proprii. Synonym: anterior ground bundle. Origin: L. Dim. Of fascis, bundle (05 Mar 2000) |