- cervical flexure
- cervical flexure n a ventral bend in the neural tube of the vertebrate embryo marking the point of transition from brain to spinal cord
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cervical flexure — noun : a ventral bend in the neural tube of the vertebrate embryo marking the point of transition from brain to spinal cord … Useful english dictionary
flexure — A bend, as in an organ or structure. SYN: flexura [TA]. [L. flexura] anorectal f. [TA] the anteroposterior curve or angle, with convesity directed anteriorly, of the anorectal junction; tonus of the puborectalis (muscle) produces the … Medical dictionary
cerebral flexure — cervical flexure a bend in the neural tube of the embryo at the junction of the brain and spinal cord; called also head bend, neck bend, and nuchal f … Medical dictionary
Pontine flexure — The pontine flexure is a bend in the axis of the embryological central nervous system (the neuraxis). This flexure marks the junction between the metencephalon and the myelencephalon. The division of the rhombencephalon (the early hindbrain) into … Wikipedia
nuchal flexure — cervical f … Medical dictionary
Anatomical terms of location — Standard anatomical terms of location are employed in science which deal with the anatomy of animals to avoid ambiguities which might otherwise arise. They are not language specific, and thus require no translation. They are universal terms that… … Wikipedia
head bend — neck bend cervical flexure … Medical dictionary
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syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
