Reissner membrane
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Reissner's membrane — Reiss ner s mem brane (r?s n?rz m?m br?n). [Named from E. Reissner, A German anatomist.] (Anat.) The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Reissner's membrane — Reiss·ner s membrane rīs nərz n VESTIBULAR MEMBRANE Reissner Ernst (1824 1878) German anatomist. A professor of anatomy, Reissner described in 1851 the membrane of the scala media that is now also known as Reissner s membrane. * * * the membrane… … Medical dictionary
Reissner's membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = paries vestibularis ductus cochlearis GraySubject = 232 GrayPage = 1054 Caption = Diagrammatic longitudinal section of the cochlea. (label is vestibular membrane ) Width = 300 Caption2 = Cross section of… … Wikipedia
Membrane paradigm — In black hole theory, the black hole membrane paradigm is a useful toy model method or engineering approach for visualising and calculating the effects predicted by quantum mechanics for the exterior physics of black holes, without using quantum… … Wikipedia
Reissner fiber membrane — Reiss·ner fiber, membrane (rīsґnər) [Ernst Reissner, German anatomist, 1824–1878] see under fiber, and see paries vestibularis ductus cochlearis … Medical dictionary
Reissner's membrane — the membrane that separates the scala vestibuli and the scala media of the cochlea of the ear [Reissner (1824–78), German anatomist] … The new mediacal dictionary
reissner's membrane — noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after Ernst Reissner died 1878 German anatomist : a thin cellular membrane separating the vestibular and cochlear canals of the inner ear … Useful english dictionary
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
Reissner — Ernst, German anatomist, 1824–1878. See R. fiber, R. membrane … Medical dictionary
Ernst Reissner — (September 24, 1824 ndash; September 16, 1878) was a Baltic German anatomist from Riga, Livonia. In 1851 he received his medical degree at the University of Dorpat (now known as the University of Tartu), and in 1855 became a professor of anatomy… … Wikipedia
