Tenon membrane
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Tenon's capsule — Te·non s capsule tə nōnz , ten ənz n a thin connective tissue membrane ensheathing the eyeball behind the conjunctiva Te·non tə nōn Jacques René (1724 1816) French surgeon. Tenon was an army surgeon who later became a professor of surgery and… … Medical 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
Tenon capsule (fascia membrane) space — Te·non capsule (fascia, membrane), space (tə nawґ) [Jacques Renй Tenon, French surgeon, 1724–1816] see vagina bulbi and spatium intervaginale … Medical dictionary
Tenon's capsule — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 227 GrayPage = 1024 Caption = The right eye in sagittal section, showing the fascia bulbi (semidiagrammatic). Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = t 04… … Wikipedia
tenon's capsule — təˈnōⁿz , ˈtenənz noun Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: after Jacques René Tenon died 1816 French anatomist : a thin connective tissue membrane ensheathing the eyeball behind the conjunctiva … Useful english dictionary
capsule de Tenon — ● capsule de Tenon Membrane fibreuse qui recouvre toute la portion scléroticale du globe oculaire … Encyclopédie Universelle
capsule of Tenon — Tenonian Te*no ni*an, a. (Anat.) Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist. [1913 Webster] {Tenonian capsule} (Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and the fat … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
membrana de Tenon — Eng. Tenon s membrane Ver cápsula de Tenon … Diccionario de oftalmología
TÊTE ET COU — La tête superpose un étage supérieur, le crâne, qui contient l’encéphale, un étage moyen, sensoriel, avec les fosses nasales, les orbites, les oreilles, et un étage inférieur, viscéral, ou aéro digestif (en avant, fosses nasales et cavité buccale … Encyclopédie Universelle
space — Any demarcated portion of the body, either an area of the surface, a segment of the tissues, or a cavity. SEE ALSO: area, region, zone. SYN: spatium [TA]. [L. spatium, room, s.] alveolar dead s … Medical dictionary
