Zuckerkandl bodies
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Zuckerkandl bodies (organs) convolution fascia — Zuck·er·kan·dl bodies (organs), convolution, fascia (tsookґer kahn″dəl) [Emil Zuckerkandl, Hungarian born anatomist in Germany and Austria, 1849–1910] see corpora paraaortica, under corpus, see gyrus paraterminalis, and see under… … Medical dictionary
Zuckerkandl — Emil, Austrian anatomist, 1849–1910. See Z. bodies, under body, Z. convolution, Z. fascia, organs of Z., under organ … Medical dictionary
Organ of Zuckerkandl — The abdominal aorta and its branches. (Organ of Zuckerkandl is not shown, but it usually appears alongside the abdominal aorta.) The Organ of Zuckerkandl is a chromaffin body derived from neural crest located at the bifurcation of the aorta … Wikipedia
Emil Zuckerkandl — (September 1 1849 in Raab, Hungary – May 28 1910 in Vienna) was a Hungarian Austrian anatomist. He was educated at the University of Vienna (M.D., 1874) and was an admiring student of Josef Hyrtl.cite journal |author=Mirilas P, Skandalakis JE… … Wikipedia
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
corpora paraaortica — [TA] para aortic bodies: exclaves of glandular cells of sympathetic origin (chromaffin cells) found near the sympathetic ganglia along the aorta in the abdominal cavity; they serve as chemoreceptors responsive to oxygen, carbon dioxide, and… … Medical dictionary
Fascia — A flat band of tissue below the skin that covers underlying tissues and separates different layers of tissue. Fascia encloses muscles. Inflammation of the fascia is referred to as fasciitis. Fascia is the Latin word for band or bandage. * * * A… … Medical dictionary
organ — Any part of the body exercising a specific function, as of respiration, secretion, or digestion. SYN: organum [TA], organon. [L. organum, fr. G. organon, a tool, instrument] accessory organs 1. SYN … Medical dictionary
