- ventricle of Arantius
- the fossa rhomboidea, especially its lower end.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ventricle of Arantius
Look at other dictionaries:
Ventricle — A ventricle is a chamber of an organ. For example, the four connected cavities (hollow spaces) in the central portion of the brain and the lower two chambers of the heart are called ventricles. * * * A normal cavity, as of the brain or heart. SYN … Medical dictionary
Arantius bodies (nodules) etc. — Aran·ti·us bodies (nodules), etc. (ə ranґshəs) [Julius Caesar Arantius (Aranzi), Italian anatomist and physician, 1530–1589] see ductus venosus and ligamentum venosum; see noduli valvularum semilunarium valvae aortae, under nodulus;… … Medical dictionary
Arantius — (Aranzio), Giulio C., Italian anatomist and physician, 1530–1589. See A. ligament, A. nodule, A. ventricle, corpus arantii, ductus venosus arantii … Medical dictionary
Nodule — A small solid collection of tissue, a nodule is palpable (can be felt). It may range in size from greater than 1.0 cm (3/8 inch) to somewhat less than 2 cm (13/16 inch) in diameter. A nodule may be present in the epidermis, dermis or subcutis (at … Medical dictionary
calamus — 1. The dried, unpeeled rhizome of Acorus c. (family Araceae), cultivated in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, a carminative and anthelminthic. 2. A reed shaped structure. [L. reed, a pen] c. scriptorius inferior part of the rhomboid fossa; the narrow lower… … Medical dictionary
