- Virchow-Robin spaces
- Vir·chow-Rob·in spaces (fērґko ro-băґ) [R.L.K. Virchow; Charles Philippe Robin, French anatomist, 1821–1885] see under space.
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Virchow-Robin spaces
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Virchow-Robin spaces — Virchow Robin spaces, or enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) are spaces (often only potential) that surround blood vessels for a short distance as they enter the brain. Their wall is formed by prolongations of the pia mater.FunctionThey contain… … Wikipedia
Virchow-Robin spaces — perivascular s s … Medical dictionary
Virchow-Robin space — Vir·chow Ro·bin space fir .kō rō ban n any of the spaces that surround blood vessels as they enter the brain and that communicate with the subarachnoid space Virchow Rudolf Ludwig Karl (1821 1902) German pathologist, anthropologist, and statesman … Medical dictionary
Charles-Philippe Robin — (4 June 1821–5 October 1885) was a French anatomist, biologist, and histologist who was born in Jasseron, département Ain. He studied medicine in Paris, and while still a student took a scientific journey with Hermann Lebert to Normandy and the… … Wikipedia
Rudolf Virchow — Rudolph Carl Virchow Rudolph Virchow Born 13 October 1821 Schivelbein, Pomerania … Wikipedia
perivascular spaces — spaces, often only potential, that surround blood vessels for a short distance as they enter the brain; their inner wall is formed by a prolongation of a membrane like the arachnoid, and the outer wall by a continuation of the pia; the… … Medical dictionary
List of human anatomical parts named after people — This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. :For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.:For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.Alphabetical listFor clarity, entries are listed by the name … Wikipedia
Hyperintensities — Hyperitensities refer to areas of high intensity on particular types of magnetic resonance imaging scans of the human brain. These small regions of high intensity are observed on T2 images within cerebral white matter or subcortical gray matter.… … Wikipedia
pial funnel — a sheath of adventitia, extended from the pia mater, loosely surrounding blood vessels as they enter the brain or spinal cord; see also Virchow Robin spaces, under space … Medical dictionary
space — Any demarcated portion of the body, either an area of the surface, a segment of the tissues, or a cavity. SEE ALSO: area, region, zone. SYN: spatium [TA]. [L. spatium, room, s.] alveolar dead s … Medical dictionary
