parietal body
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parietal body — a dorsal evagination of the diencephalon. See epiphysial apparatus … Dictionary of ichthyology
Body integrity identity disorder — (BIID), formerly known as Amputee Identity Disorder, is a psychological disorder wherein sufferers feel they would be happier living as an amputee. It is typically accompanied by the desire to amputate one or more healthy limbs to achieve that… … Wikipedia
Parietal cell — Human parietal cells (pink staining) stomach … Wikipedia
Body Worlds — (German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures. The exhibition s developer and promoter is a German… … Wikipedia
parietal — (adj.) early 15c., pertaining to the walls of a cavity in the body, from L.L. parietalis of walls, from L. paries (gen. parietis) wall, of unknown origin … Etymology dictionary
body schema illusion — Also known as body schema disturbance, *somato éidolie, *disorder of corporeal awareness, illusion of corporeal transformation, and illusion of corporeal displacement. All six terms are used to denote an illusory change in the size, relation,… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Parietal lobe — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = lobus parietalis GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 822 MapPos = MapCaption = Principal fissures and lobes of the cerebrum viewed laterally. (Parietal Lobe is shown in yellow) Caption2 = Lateral surface of left… … Wikipedia
Parietal bone — Bone: Parietal bone Figure 1 : Left parietal bone. Outer surface … Wikipedia
Parietal — Adjective from the Latin parietalis meaning belonging to the wall that the ancient anatomists used to designate the wall, as of a body cavity. For examples, there are the: {{}}Parietal bone the main side bone of the skull. Parietal lobe the main… … Medical dictionary
Body cavity — Picture of Human body cavities dorsal body cavity to the left and ventral body cavity to the right. By the broadest definition, a body cavity is any fluid filled space in a multicellular organism. However, the term usually refers to the space… … Wikipedia
