- pacchionian depressions
- foveolae granulares.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
pacchionian depressions
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pacchionian body — |pakē|ōnēən noun or pacchionian corpuscle Usage: sometimes capitalized P Etymology: Antonio Pacchioni died 1726 Italian anatomist + English an : a small whitish process that is one of the enlarged villi of the arachnoid membrane of the brain… … Useful english dictionary
Pacchioni — Antonio, Italian anatomist, 1665–1726. See pacchionian bodies, under body, pacchionian corpuscles, under corpuscle, pacchionian depressions, under depression, pacchionian glands, under gland, pacchionian granulations, under granulation … Medical dictionary
depression — 1. Reduction of the level of functioning. 2. SYN: excavation (1). 3. Displacement of a part downward or inward. 4. A temporary mental state or chronic mental disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness, despair, low self esteem, and … Medical dictionary
foveola — A minute fovea or pit. [Mod. L. dim. of L. fovea, pit] f. coccygea [TA] SYN: coccygeal f.. coccygeal f. [TA] a depression in the skin over the coccyx caused by the caudal retinaculum. SYN: f. coccygea [TA], coccygeal dimple … Medical dictionary
Parietal bone — Bone: Parietal bone Figure 1 : Left parietal bone. Outer surface … Wikipedia
skeletal system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction the internal skeleton that serves as a framework for the body. This framework consists of many individual bones (bone) and cartilages (cartilage). There also are bands of fibrous connective tissue the ligaments (ligament)… … Universalium
arachnoid granulation — n any of the small whitish processes that are enlarged villi of the arachnoid membrane of the brain which protrude into the superior sagittal sinus and into depressions in the neighboring bone called also arachnoid villus, pacchionian body … Medical dictionary
granulationes arachnoideae — [TA] granulationes arachnoideales arachnoid granulations: small elevations, visible to the naked eye, thought by some to be enlargements of arachnoid villi, which project into the superior sagittal sinus and associated venous lacunae and create… … Medical dictionary
