Cruveilhier joint
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Joint — A joint is the area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts. A joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage. An articulation or an arthrosis is the same as a joint. Joints are grouped according… … Medical dictionary
Cruveilhier — Jean, French pathologist and anatomist, 1791–1874. See C. fascia, C. fossa, fossa navicularis C., C. joint, C. ligaments, under ligament, C. plexus, C. Baumgarten disease, C. Baumgarten murmur, C. Baumgarten sign, C. Baumgarten syndrome … Medical dictionary
Jean Cruveilhier — (born 1791 in Limoges, France; died 1874 in Sussac) was a French anatomist.He was educated at the University of Paris, where in 1825 he succeeded Pierre Augustin Béclard (1785 1825) as professor of anatomy. In 1836 he relinquished the chair of… … Wikipedia
articulatio atlantooccipitalis — [TA] atlanto occipital joint: either of two joints, each formed by a superior articular pit of the atlas and a condyle of the occipital bone; called also craniovertebral, occipitoatlantal, or Cruveilhier joint … Medical dictionary
Ligament — A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. Ligament is a fitting term; it comes from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or… … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Arnold–Chiari malformation — Arnold Chiari Classification and external resources A T1 weighted sagittal MRI scan, from a patient with an Arnold Chiari malformation, demonstrating tonsillar herniation of 7mm … Wikipedia
plexus — A network or interjoining of nerves and blood vessel s or of lymphatic vessels. [L. a braid] abdominal aortic (nervous) p. [TA] an autonomic p. surrounding the abdominal aorta, directly continuous with the thoracic aortic p. superiorly and … Medical dictionary
