- Pecquet cistern (reservoir) duct
- Pec·quet cistern (reservoir), duct (pĕ-kaґ) [Jean Pecquet, French anatomist, 1622–1674] see cisterna chyli and ductus thoracicus.
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Pecquet cistern (reservoir) duct
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Pecquet — Jean, French anatomist, 1622–1674. See P. cistern, P. duct, receptaculum pecqueti, P. reservoir … Medical dictionary
Jean Pecquet — Jean Pecquet(1622 1674) was a French scientist from Dieppe. He studied the expansion of air, wrote on psychology, and is also known for investigating the thoracic duct. Furthermore, he studied the nature of vision.LifeHe studied medicine at… … Wikipedia
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