presacral nerve
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presacral — (ˈ)prē+ adjective Etymology: pre + sacral : effected by way of the anterior aspect of the sacrum presacral nerve block * * * adj. * * * presacral see pre B. 3 … Useful english dictionary
presacral — Anterior to or preceding the sacrum. * * * pre·sa·cral sak rəl, sāk adj done or effected by way of the anterior aspect of the sacrum <presacral nerve block> * * * pre·sa·cral (pre saґkrəl) anterior to or preceding the sacrum … Medical dictionary
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
Presacral space — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Sacral plexus of the right side. (Presacral space visible but not labeled.) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
neurectomy — Excision of a segment of a nerve. SYN: neuroectomy. [neur + G. ektome, excision] occipital n. excision of greater occipital nerve for the treatment of occipital n … Medical dictionary
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
Superior hypogastric plexus — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = plexus hypogastricus inferior GraySubject = 220 GrayPage = 987 Caption = The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Hypogastric plexus is labeled on… … Wikipedia
Cotte operation — removal of the presacral nerve … Medical dictionary
plexus hypogastricus superior — [TA] superior hypogastric plexus: the downward continuation of the abdominal aortic plexus; it lies in front of the upper part of the sacrum, just below the bifurcation of the aorta, receives fibers from the lower lumbar splanchnic nerves, and… … Medical dictionary
Anura — ▪ amphibian order Introduction also called Salientia one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia (amphibian). It includes the frogs (frog) and toads (toad), which, because of their wide distribution, are known by most people around… … Universalium
