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gray ramus communicans — n RAMUS COMMUNICANS (b) … Medical dictionary
Gray ramus communicans — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = ramus communicans griseus nervi spinalis GraySubject = 208 GrayPage = 920 Caption = Scheme showing structure of a typical spinal nerve. 1. Somatic efferent. 2. Somatic afferent. 3,4,5. Sympathetic efferent … Wikipedia
ramus communicans — ramus com·mu·ni·cans kə myü nə .kanz n, pl rami com·mu·ni·can·tes kə .myü nə kan .tēz any of the bundles of nerve fibers connecting a sympathetic ganglion with a spinal nerve and being divided into two kinds: a) one consisting of myelinated… … Medical dictionary
Ramus — In anatomy, a branch, such as a branch of a blood vessel or nerve. For example, the ramus acetabularis arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis is the branch of an artery that goes to the socket of the hip joint. The plural of ramus is rami. * * *… … Medical dictionary
Ramus of the mandible — Bone: Ramus of the mandible Mandible. Outer surface. Side view … Wikipedia
ramus communicans griseus nervi spinalis — [TA] gray communicating branch of spinal nerve: one of the two types of communicating nerve branches between a sympathetic ganglion and a spinal nerve; these branches are gray (unmyelinated) and carry postganglionic impulses back to the spinal… … Medical dictionary
White ramus communicans — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = ramus communicans albus nervi spinalis GraySubject = 208 GrayPage = 920 Caption = Scheme showing structure of a typical spinal nerve. 1. Somatic efferent. 2. Somatic afferent. 3,4,5. Sympathetic efferent. 6 … Wikipedia
Posterior ramus of spinal nerve — Nerve: Dorsal ramus of spinal nerve Diagram of the course and branches of a typical intercostal nerve. (Posterior division labeled at upper right.) … Wikipedia
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
communicans — Communicating; connecting or joining. [L. pres. p. of communico, pp. atus, to share with someone, make common] * * * communicans see GRAY RAMUS COMMUNICANS, RAMUS COMMUNICANS, WHITE RAMUS COMMUNICANS * * * adj. communicating or connecting. The… … Medical dictionary
