| vagina tendinum musculorum fibularium communis | An alternate term for common peroneal tendon sheath. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vagina tendinum musculorum peroneorum communis | The sheath that surrounds the tendons of the peroneus longus and brevis muscles in their passage across the ankle. Synonym: vagina tendinum musculorum peroneorum communis, vagina tendinum musculorum fibularium communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibule of vagina | The space behind the glans clitoridis and between the labia minora, containing the openings of the vagina, urethra, and ducts of the greater vestibular glands. Synonym: vestibulum vaginae, vaginal introitus, vestibulum pudendi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rugae of vagina | A number of transverse ridges in the mucous membrane of the vagina. Synonym: rugae vaginales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rugal columns of vagina | Two slight longitudinal ridges, anterior and posterior, in the vaginal mucous membrane, each marked by a number of transverse mucosal folds. Synonym: columnae rugarum, vaginal columns. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular coat of vagina | Muscular layer of the vaginal wall. Synonym: tunica muscularis vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior wall of vagina | It is longer than the anterior wall and has a low ridge in the midline throughout most of its length. Synonym: paries posterior vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| septate vagina | A vagina that is divided, usually longitudinally, to create a double vagina. This situation can be easily missed by the patient and even by the doctor on exam. If the patient becomes sexually active prior to diagnosis, one of the vaginas stretches and becomes dominant. The other vagina slips slightly upward and flush and is a little difficult to enter. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urethral carina of vagina | The lower part of the anterior column of the vagina, in relation with the urethra. Synonym: carina urethralis vaginae, carina vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fossa of vestibule of vagina | The portion of the vestibule of the vagina between the frenulum of the labia minora and the posterior labial commissure of the vulva. Synonym: fossa vestibuli vaginae, fossa navicularis vestibulae vaginae, vestibular fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| area nervi facialis | <anatomy, nerve> The area in the fundus of the internal acoustic meatus superior to the transverse crest through which the facial nerve passes to enter the facial canal. Synonym: area nervi facialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria comes nervi phrenici | <anatomy, artery> Origin, internal thoracic; distribution, pericardium, diaphragm, and pleura; anastomoses, musculophrenic, inferior phrenic, mediastinal and pericardial branches of the internal thoracic. Synonym: arteria pericardiacophrenica, arteria comes nervi phrenici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria comitans nervi ischiadici | <anatomy, nerve> Origin, inferior gluteal; distribution, sciatic nerve; anastomoses, branches of profunda femoris. Synonym: arteria comitans nervi ischiadici, companion artery to sciatic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria comitans nervi mediani | <anatomy, artery> Origin, anterior interosseous; distribution, accompanies median nerve to palm; anastomoses, branches of superficial palmar arch. Synonym: arteria comitans nervi mediani, arteria mediana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canalis nervi facialis | The bony passage in the temporal bone through which the facial nerve passes; the facial canal commences at the internal auditory meatus with the horizontal part which passes at first anteriorly (medial crus of facial canal) then turns posteriorly at the geniculum of the facial canal to pass medial to the tympanic cavity (lateral crus of facial canal); finally, it turns downward (descending part of facial canal) to reach the stylomastoid foramen. Synonym: canalis nervi facialis, aqueductus fallopii, fallopian aqueduct, fallopian canal. (05 Mar 2000) |