trigeminal cave
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Trigeminal cave — The trigeminal ganglion and its branches represented here as 1st division, 2nd division, and 3rd division. The Trigeminal Cave houses this ganglion. Latin cavum Meckelii, cavum trigeminale Gray s … Wikipedia
Trigeminal nerve — Nerve: Trigeminal nerve Trigeminal nerve, shown in yellow … Wikipedia
Trigeminal ganglion — Infobox Nerve Name = Trigeminal ganglion (in red) Latin = ganglion trigeminale, ganglion semilunare (Gasseri) GraySubject = 200 GrayPage = 886 Caption = Nerves of the orbit. Seen from above. (Semilunar ganglion visible near bottom.) Caption2 =… … Wikipedia
cave — A hollow or enclosed space or cavity. See cavity, cavitas, cavernous space. SYN: cavea. trigeminal c. [TA] the cleft in the meningeal layer of dura of the … Medical dictionary
Meckel's cave — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = cavum Meckelii, cavum trigeminale GraySubject = 200 GrayPage = 886 Caption = The otic ganglion and its branches. Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c 16 DorlandsSuf =… … Wikipedia
ganglion of trigeminal nerve — ganglion trigeminale [TA] trigeminal ganglion: one on the sensory root of the fifth cranial nerve, situated in a cleft within the dura mater (trigeminal cave) on the anterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. It gives off the… … Medical dictionary
Meckel's cave — n a space beneath the dura mater containing the trigeminal ganglion called also Meckel s cavity Meckel Johann Friedrich, the Elder (1724 1774) German anatomist. Meckel was an anatomist known for his considerable powers of observation and skill in … Medical dictionary
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
cavity — 1. A hollow space; hole. See cave, c., cavitas, cavernous space. 2. Lay term for the loss of tooth structure due to dental caries. SYN: cavum [TA], cavitas. [L. cavus … Medical dictionary
Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… … Medical dictionary