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cornu occipitale ventriculi lateralis — [TA] occipital horn of lateral ventricle: the part of the lateral ventricle that extends backward from the atrium of the lateral ventricle into the occipital lobe; called also c. posterius ventriculi lateralis [TA alternative] and posterior horn… … Medical dictionary
cornu temporale ventriculi lateralis — [TA] temporal horn of lateral ventricle: the part of the lateral ventricle that extends downward and forward from the atrium behind the thalamus and into the temporal lobe; called also c. inferius ventriculi lateralis [TA alternative] and… … Medical dictionary
eminentia collateralis ventriculi lateralis — [TA] collateral eminence of lateral ventricle: an elevation in the lateral wall of the atrium and posterior horn of the lateral ventricle, produced by the collateral sulcus … Medical dictionary
atrium of lateral ventricle — a. ventriculi lateralis … Medical dictionary
Atrium — One of the two smaller chambers of the heart. Each atrium consists of an open space with recessed walls. (The plural of atrium is atria.) The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the body through the vena cava and pumps it into the right … Medical dictionary
Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… … Medical dictionary
vena — SYN: vein. [L.] v. advehens, pl.venae advehentes collective term for a series of branching channels in the early embryo receiving blood from the umbilical and/or vitelline venous systems and passing the mixed blood to the sinusoids of the live … Medical dictionary
branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery … Medical dictionary
Sulcus — From the Latin for a groove, furrow, or trench. In medicine, there are many sulci (plural of sulcus) as, for example, the superior pulmonary sulcus. * * * 1. [TA] One of the grooves or furrows on the surface of the brain, bounding the several… … Medical dictionary
