adj
(anatomy) adipose and fascial
n
(neuroanatomy) A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
adj
(medicine) Lacking the spinal cord.
adj
Relating to camptomelia
adj
Synonym of cerebromedullary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the fetal cerebral and placental/umbilical arteries.
adj
Alternative form of cerebrotendineous [Describing a form of xanthomatosis in which cholestanol in deposited in the brain]
n
(physiology, neuroscience) An area of the medulla oblongata, located in the area postrema, that receives inputs from blood-borne drugs or hormones, and communicates with other structures in the vomiting center to initiate vomiting.
n
(anatomy) The axial mesoderm, which lies along the central axis under the neural tube and gives rise to the notochord.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the spinal chord and the neurenteric canal
n
(neuroanatomy) A small autonomic ganglion on the nasociliary branch of the ophthalmic nerve receiving preganglionic fibers from the oculomotor nerve and sending postganglionic fibers to the ciliary muscle and to the iris sphincter.
n
(medicine) Initialism of cerebrospinal fluid. [(medicine) A clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex.]
n
(anatomy) The tentorium of the hypophysis, a fold of dura mater extending transversely across the sella and roofing over the hypophysis or pituitary body; it is perforated in its center for the passage of the infundibulum.
n
(neuroanatomy) A ganglion in the dorsal root of a spinal nerve.
adj
of or relating to the encephalon
n
(anatomy) A layer of delicate connective tissue enclosing the myelin sheath of a spinal cord nerve fiber.
n
(biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone; an internal periosteum.
adj
(anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra
adj
(anatomy) Above or outside the endoskeleton; epaxial.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the epithalamus.
adj
Relating to exencephaly
adj
(biology) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor or efferent nerves.
n
(anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to skin, subcutaneous tissue and the underlying fascia
adj
(anatomy) fasciomuscular and skeletal
n
(biology) A specialized glial structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms.
n
(anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior & lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
adj
(anatomy) Having the form of a ganglion.
n
Any of certain masses of gray matter in the central nervous system, as the basal ganglia.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the glomera
n
(neuroanatomy) A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.
adj
Of or pertaining to a groupuscule.
adj
Of or pertaining to a habenula.
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the interface between bloodstream and the brain.
adj
(anatomy) Describing neurons in the spinal cord that have processes passing through to the opposite side of the cord
adj
Relating to or exhibiting holoprosencephaly.
adj
Relating to the hypothalamus and spinal cord.
adj
(anatomy) Between ganglia.
adj
(anatomy) Between the neural arches or neural spines.
adj
Alternative form of intramedullary [(anatomy) Inside the medulla]
adj
(anatomy) Within the periosteum.
adv
Within the corpus striatum
adj
Alternative form of juxtamedullary [(anatomy) Next to the edge of the medulla of the kidney.]
adj
Of or relating to a set of neurons found ventral to each of the magnocellular and parvocellular layers, and involved in vision.
n
(anatomy) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibres.
adj
of or pertaining to a lemniscate
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala; having the corpus callosum absent or rudimentary.
n
(neuroanatomy) Synonym of pterygopalatine ganglion.
n
(anatomy) The inner substance of various organs and structures, especially the marrow of bones.
adj
Alternative form of medullary [(anatomy) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla]
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla
adj
Relating to, or composed of, medulla (pith)
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to melanocortins
adj
Relating to the meninges.
adj
Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon.
adj
Relating to the middle of the diencephalon
adj
Alternative form of mesencephalic [Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon.]
n
A kind of retinal ganglion cell that originates in the ganglion cell layer of the retina, and projects to the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus.
adj
Alternative form of musculotendinous [Of or pertaining to both muscle and tendon tissue]
adj
Of or relating to muscles and the spinal cord.
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.
adj
Relating to, or affecting the muscles and the brain
n
(anatomy) Abbreviation of nidopallium caudolaterale. [(anatomy, ornithology) The avian equivalent of the primate prefrontal cortex. A region of a bird's brain, located at the rear, that coordinates cognition in the pallium layer of the brain.]
adj
Of or pertaining to the neostriatum
n
(anatomy) A point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals.
n
(anatomy) A dorsal tubular cord of nervous tissue above the notochord of a chordate.
n
(anatomy) A bundle of nerve fibres, held together by a sheath of connective tissue, that makes up the main stem of a nerve
n
(anatomy) The arch of a vertebra protecting the spinal cord.
n
(anatomy) Synonym of cerebrospinal axis
n
(anatomy) hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord
n
(anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
adj
Alternative form of neuraxial [(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system.]
n
Alternative form of neurocord [(zoology) A cord-like organ composed of elastic fibres, situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids such as the earthworm.]
adj
Alternative form of neurocordal [Relating to the neurocord.]
n
(zoology) A cord-like organ composed of elastic fibres, situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids such as the earthworm.
n
(anatomy) The region of the ectoderm of an embryo that develops into the central nervous system and other nervous tissue
adj
(anatomy) relating to nervous tissue and the meninges
n
(anatomy) The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton related to the nervous axis and locomotion.
n
The portion of a lymph node immediately surrounding the medulla.
adj
Relating to a parafibula
n
A kind of retinal ganglion cell. Parasol cells project their axons to the magnocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus, where they synapse with magnocellular cells.
n
(anatomy) A bundle of neurons connecting different parts of the brain.
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding a centriole
n
(anatomy, rare) A membranous sheath around the notochord.
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding a ganglion.
adj
Alternative form of perimedullary [Surrounding a medulla (especially the medulla oblongata).]
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the meninges
adj
Surrounding the mesencephalon
adj
(anatomy) Around a muscle or muscles.
adj
(anatomy) Around the skeleton.
adj
Pertaining to the pineal gland.
n
Abbreviation of photosensitive retinal ganglion cell [An intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell]
adj
(pathology) That is similar to effects related to the brainstem
adj
Behind the cerebrum (or brain)
n
(developmental biology, neurology) A temporarily divided segment of the developing neural tube, within the hindbrain region
adj
Relating to, or connecting the parts of, the ruminoreticulum
n
(neuroanatomy) A nerve root containing only sensory fibers.
n
(colloquial) cerebrospinal fluid
n
(neuroanatomy) A ganglion in the dorsal root of a spinal nerve.
n
(neuroanatomy) A mass of bipolar cell bodies occurring in the modiolus of the organ of Corti and giving off axons which comprise the cochlear nerve.
n
(anatomy, neurology) The thick posterior part of the corpus callosum of the brain.
n
(neuroanatomy) A composite ganglion formed by fusion of the inferior cervical ganglion and the first thoracic ganglion of the sympathetic chain of a vertebrate animal.
n
(medicine) A mass of blood formed between the dura and the arachnoid membranes, usually as a result of trauma to the head.
adj
Relating to a sudamen.
n
(anatomy) A string of ganglia running down each side of the spinal cord throughout most of its length, containing cell bodies of neurons that belong to the sympathetic nervous system and that project axons to muscles and glands.
adj
Relating to the medulla oblongata and the sympathetic nervous system
n
(anatomy) Synonym of synovial fluid.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, of the viscera.
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