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Meckel's diverticulum — Classification and external resources Meckel s diverticulum ICD 10 C … Wikipedia
Meckel, Johann Friedrich — born Oct. 17, 1781, Halle, Prussia died Oct. 31, 1833, Halle German anatomist. He was the first to describe the embryonic cartilage (Meckel cartilage) that becomes part of the lower jaw in fishes, amphibians, and birds and also described a… … Universalium
diverticulum — diverticular, adj. /duy veuhr tik yeuh leuhm/, n., pl. diverticula / leuh/. Anat. a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, esp. an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the… … Universalium
Meckel scan — a technetium 99m pertechnetate gastric mucosa scan used to demonstrate ectopic gastric mucosa, particularly in Meckel diverticulum … Medical dictionary
Diverticulum — Classification and external resources MeSH D004240 A diverticulum (plural: diverticula) is medical or biological term for an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid filled) structure in the body. Depending upon which layers of the structure are… … Wikipedia
Meckel (Begriffsklärung) — Meckel ist der Name: des Ortes Meckel in der Eifel einer deutschen Architekten und Schriftstellerfamilie Max Meckel (1847–1910), deutscher Architekt Carl Anton Meckel (1875–1938), dessen Sohn, Architekt Eberhard Meckel (1907–1969), dessen Sohn,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Meckel's diverticulum — A particular type of outpouching of the small bowel. It is usually located about 2 feet before the junction of the small bowel with the colon (the large intestine) in the right lower abdomen. About 1 in every 50 people has a Meckel s diverticulum … Medical dictionary
Diverticulum, Meckel's — An outpouching of the small bowel. About 1 in every 50 people has a Meckel s diverticulum. It is usually located about 2 feet before the junction of the small bowel with the colon (the large intestine) in the right lower abdomen. Meckel s… … Medical dictionary
Diverticulum — A small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall is a diverticulum. As a person ages, pressure within the large intestine (colon) causes pockets of tissue (sacs) that push out from the colon walls. The plural is diverticula. Diverticula… … Medical dictionary
Meckel cartilage (rod) diverticulum plane syndrome — Meck·el cartilage (rod), diverticulum, plane, syndrome (mekґəl) [Johann Friedrich Meckel (the younger) (grandson of J.F. Meckel, the elder), German anatomist, 1781–1833] see under cartilage, diverticulum, plane, and syndrome … Medical dictionary
