subfornical organ
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Subfornical organ — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = organum subfornicale GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. (Subfornical organ not labeled, but fornix and foramen of Monro are both labeled near… … Wikipedia
organ — Any part of the body exercising a specific function, as of respiration, secretion, or digestion. SYN: organum [TA], organon. [L. organum, fr. G. organon, a tool, instrument] accessory organs 1. SYN … Medical dictionary
SFO — • subfornical organ … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Thirst — is the craving for liquids, resulting in the basic instinct of humans or animals to drink. It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance. It arises from a lack of fluids and/or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites such… … Wikipedia
Organum vasculosum of lamina terminalis — Brain: Organum vasculosum of lamina terminalis Latin organum vasculosum laminae terminalis NeuroNames hier 366 The organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT) (or supraoptic crest) is one of the circumventricular organs of the brain. Other … Wikipedia
Sed — Para otros usos de este término, véase Sed (desambiguación). Sed, de William Adolphe Bouguereau (1886). La sed es el ansia por beber líquidos, causado por el instinto básico de humanos o animales para be … Wikipedia Español
Hypothalamus — Brain: Hypothalamus Location of the human hypothalamus … Wikipedia
SFO — Abbreviation for subfornical organ. * * * subfornical organ … Medical dictionary
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
organum — SYN: organ, organ. [L. tool, instrument] o. auditus archaic term for vestibulocochlear organ. organa genitalia [TA] SYN: genitalia. organa genitalia feminina externa SYN … Medical dictionary
