| dorsalis | Synonym: posterior. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dorsalis pedis artery | <anatomy, artery> Continuation of anterior tibial artery after crossing ankle; branches, lateral tarsal, arcuate, dorsal metatarsal; a continuation of the anterior tibial; anastomoses, with the lateral plantar to form the plantar arch. Synonym: arteria dorsalis pedis, dorsal artery of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabes dorsalis | A condition that results from the destruction of the dorsal columns in the spinal cord, normally responsible for position sense. Loss of position sense causes severe gait and leg ataxia (balance and motor control problems). Tabes dorsalis can be the result of spinal cord injury or infection (syphilis). Results in a staggering wide-based gait, postural instability, pain and paresthesias. (27 Sep 1997) |
| facies digitalis dorsalis | The dorsal surface of a finger or toe. Synonym: facies digitalis dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies dorsalis | The dorsal surface of a structure such as the sacrum and the scapula. Synonym: facies dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies dorsalis ossis sacri | The posterosuperior aspect of the sacrum marked by a median and two lateral sacral crests between which four dorsal sacral foramina are located on each side. Synonym: facies dorsalis ossis sacri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies dorsalis scapulae | The outer aspect of the body of the scapula, subdivided by the prominent spine of the scapula into a smaller supraspinous fossa and a larger infraspinous fossa. Synonym: facies dorsalis scapulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascia dorsalis manus | The deep fascia of the back of the hand continuous proximally with the extensor retinaculum. Synonym: fascia dorsalis manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascia dorsalis pedis | The fascia that encloses the extensor tendons of the toes and blends with the inferior extensor retinaculum. Synonym: fascia dorsalis pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciculus longitudinalis dorsalis | A bundle of thin, poorly myelinated nerve fibres reciprocally connecting the periventricular zone of the hypothalamus with ventral parts of the central gray substance of the midbrain. Synonym: fasciculus longitudinalis dorsalis, Schutz' bundle, tract of Schutz. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina dorsalis | The dorsal division of the lateral walls of the neural tube in the embryo; it gives rise to neurons relaying afferent impulses to higher centres; in the adult such neurons compose the sensory nuclei of the spinal cord and brainstem. Synonym: lamina alaris, alar plate of neural tube, dorsolateral plate of neural tube, lamina dorsalis, wing plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| funiculus dorsalis | (05 Mar 2000) |