- Bauhin valve
- papilla ilealis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Bauhin valve
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Bauhin's valve — Bau·hin s valve bō .anz , bō anz n ILEOCECAL VALVE Bau·hin bō an Gaspard or Caspar (1560 1624) Swiss anatomist and botanist. Bauhin served for almost all of his career on the medical faculty at the University of Basel. There he taught both… … Medical dictionary
Bauhin, Gaspard — ▪ Swiss physician and botanist also called Casper Bauhin born Jan. 17, 1560, Basel, Switz. died Dec. 5, 1624, Basel Swiss physician, anatomist, and botanist who introduced a scientific binomial system of classification to both anatomy and… … Universalium
Bauhin gland valve — Bau·hin gland, valve (bo ăґ) [Gaspard (Caspar) Bauhin, Swiss anatomist, 1560–1624] see anterior lingual glands, under gland, and see ileocecal valve, under valve … Medical dictionary
valve of bauhin — bōˈaⁿ Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Gaspard Bauhin died 1624 Swiss botanist and anatomist : ileocecal valve … Useful english dictionary
valve — 1. A fold of the lining membrane of a canal or other hollow organ serving to retard or prevent a reflux of fluid. 2. Any formation or reduplication of tissue, or flaplike structure … Medical dictionary
Bauhin — Gaspard, Swiss anatomist, 1560–1624. See B. gland, B. valve … Medical dictionary
ileocecal valve — n the valve formed by two folds of mucous membrane at the opening of the ileum into the large intestine called also Bauhin s valve, ileocolic valve, valvula coli * * * ileocolic valve a valvelike structure formed by the flaps or lips, one above… … Medical dictionary
papilla — Any small, nipplelike process. SYN: teat (3). [L. a nipple, dim. of papula, a pimple] acoustic p. SYN: spiral organ. basilar p. the auditory sense organ of birds, amphibians, and reptiles; homologous to the … Medical dictionary
cecum — cecal, adj. cecally, adv. /see keuhm/, n., pl. ceca / keuh/. Anat., Zool. a cul de sac, esp. that in which the large intestine begins. Also, caecum. [1715 25; short for L intestinum caecum blind gut] * * * ▪ … Universalium
Pomme de terre — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pomme de terre (homonymie) et Patate (homonymie) … Wikipédia en Français
