higher in place or position: We moved our camp to superior ground. Botany. situated above some other organ. (of a calyx) seeming to originate from the top of the ovary. (of an ovary) free from the calyx. Anatomy.(of an organ or part) ...
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Anatomy of superior olivary complex and lateral lemniscus in Etruscan shrew Alina C. Zacher 1,2 & Felix Felmy 1* Based on the auditory periphery and the small head size, Etruscan shrews (Suncus etruscus) approximate ancestral mammalian ...
1.(Anatomy) any of the tubular thick-walled muscular vessels that convey oxygenated blood from the heart to various parts of the body. Comparepulmonary artery,vein 2.a major road or means of communication in any complex system [C14: from Latinartēria,related to Greekaortēthe great artery, ...
tubercle(to͞oˈbərkyo͞olˌ)[Lat.,=little swelling], small, usually solid, nodule or prominence. In anatomy the term is applied to natural prominences in certain muscles, to nerve nuclei of the central nervous system, and to eminences on bones, especially in regions where muscles...
The paired cavernous sinuses together represent a sinus confluence, because the venous channels around the hypophysis connect the two structures; the term ‘circular sinus’ is sometimes used to emphasize the connections around the hypophysis. The cavernous sinuses are also contiguous with an additional...
The long-term incidence of neurosensory deficit after Le Fort I osteotomy has been reported to be 2% to 9% when objectively tested.53,83,87 Permanent sensory loss in the infraorbital distribution can occur due to transection of the nerve during retraction of the soft tissue and mobilization ...
from edema in the brain or airway compromise). Again, Pemberton’s sign can be used to identify an SVCO. Superior vena cava thrombosis The thrombosis often occurs from a thrombus around a long-term central venous catheter (CVC), especially in cancer patients with permanent indwelling CVCs. ...
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9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. superior mesenteric artery- originates from the upper part of the aorta that supplies the small intestines and the cecum and the colon ...
Long-term surgical results with aneurysms involving the ophthalmic segment of the carotid artery. J Neurosurg. 2008;108(6):1200–10. https://doi.org/10.3171/JNS/2008/108/6/1200. Article PubMed Google Scholar Silva MA, See AP, Khandelwal P, Mahapatra A, Frerichs KU, Du R, Patel NJ, ...