Meckel ligament
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Meckel band — a part of the anterior ligament fastening the malleus to the wall of the tympanum. Called also Meckel ligament … Medical dictionary
Meckel's diverticulum — Classification and external resources Meckel s diverticulum ICD 10 C … Wikipedia
Meckel's cartilage — Head and neck of a human embryo eighteen weeks old, with Meckel’s cartilage and hyoid bar exposed … Wikipedia
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
Meckel's cartilage — Meck·el s cartilage mek əlz n the cartilaginous bar of the embryonic mandibular arch of which the distal end ossifies to form the malleus and most of the rest disappears in development, with the part adjacent to the malleus being replaced by… … Medical dictionary
Meckel cartilage — the cartilaginous bar (in the embryo) into which the mesenchymal core of the mandibular prominence of the first mandibular arch is converted; from it or its sheath, the sphenomandibular ligament, the anterior malleolar ligament, the malleus, and… … Medical dictionary
Meckel band (ligament) ganglion space — Meck·el band (ligament), ganglion, space (mekґəl) [Johann Friedrich Meckel (the elder), German anatomist, 1724–1774] see under band, and see cavum trigeminale, ganglion pterygopalatinum, and ganglion submandibulare … Medical dictionary
Meckel — Johann F., the younger, German comparative anatomist and embryologist, 1781–1833. See M. scan, M. syndrome, M. cartilage, M. diverticulum, M. plane, M. Gruber syndrome. Johann F., the elder, German anatomist and obstetrician, 1714–1774. See M.… … Medical dictionary
Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder — Johann Friedrich Meckel the Elder (July 31, 1724 September 18, 1774) was a German anatomist who was born in Wetzlar. He often has the Elder appended to his name to avoid confusion with his famous grandson Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781 1833), who… … Wikipedia
Sphenomandibular ligament — Infobox Ligament Name = Sphenomandibular ligament Latin = ligamentum sphenomandibulare GraySubject = 75 GrayPage = 297 Caption = Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect. (Spheno mandibular lig. labeled vertically at center.) Caption2 = From … Wikipedia
