Zuckerkandl convolution
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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
convolution — 1. A coiling or rolling of an organ. 2. Specifically, a gyrus of the cerebral or cerebellar cortex. [L. convolutio] angular c. SYN: angular gyrus. anterior central c. SYN: precentral gyrus. ascending frontal c. SYN: precentral gyrus. ascending … Medical dictionary
Zuckerkandl — Emil, Austrian anatomist, 1849–1910. See Z. bodies, under body, Z. convolution, Z. fascia, organs of Z., under organ … Medical dictionary
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
gyrus — One of the prominent rounded elevations that form the cerebral hemispheres, each consisting of an exposed superficial portion and a portion hidden from view in the wall and floor of the sulcus. [L. fr. G. gyros, circle] angular g. [TA] a folded… … Medical dictionary
