n
(neuroanatomy) Each of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are the motor nerves supplying the lateral rectus in the eye.
n
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
adv
(anatomy) In a direction away from an ampulla
adj
amygdaloid and striatal
n
(anatomy) The middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull.
adj
Of or pertaining to the base or centrum of a vertebral structure
adj
Of or pertaining to the calvaria
n
(neuroanatomy) A minute canal running through the gray matter of the whole length of the spinal cord and continuous anteriorly with the ventricles of the brain.
adj
(anatomy) At the centre of a medulla
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and the rest of the body
adj
(medicine) Involving the cerebrum, face, and thorax.
n
(neuroanatomy) The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.
n
(anatomy) A white band running across the ventral surface of the crus cerebri.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cingulum
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding a promontorium
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the cochlea and the saccular macula
n
(neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
n
(neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the middle part of the cranium
adj
Of or pertaining to the cranium and sacrum, especially with regard to craniosacral therapy, a form of alternative medicine resembling massage.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the viscerocranium
adj
Relating to, or affecting the intervertebral discs and ligaments
adj
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the dura mater.
n
(neuroanatomy) Synonym of vestibulocochlear nerve.
n
(anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull
n
(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the brain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the fornix
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a geniculate nucleus.
n
(anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”)
n
(anatomy) A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
n
(anatomy) A hollow channel in the center of an osteon, running parallel to the length of a bone.
n
(anatomy) The system of osteons in compact bone
adj
(anatomy) Describing either side of the spinal cord
n
(neuroanatomy) The lower and larger of the two sensory ganglia of the glossopharyngeal nerve.
n
(anatomy) One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater lying in the posterior two thirds of the concave free inferior margin of the falx cerebri and ending posteriorly by joining the great cerebral vein to form the straight sinus.
adj
(anatomy) Below the corpus callosum
adj
(anatomy) Situated beneath the pyramidal tract (or beneath something shaped like a pyramid)
adj
(anatomy) Below the thalamus
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the insula in the brain.
adj
(anatomy) Between the two cerebral hemispheres.
adj
(anatomy) Between the haemal arches or haemal spines.
adj
(anatomy) Within a calvarium
adj
Of or pertaining to the brain or inside of the head; within the cranium.
n
(anatomy) Synonym of transverse sinus.
n
(neuroanatomy) A fissure in the cerebral cortex of primates; it separates the two hemispheres
n
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.
n
(anatomy) The middle of the amygdala
n
(anatomy) The central canal of the spinal cord.
n
(anatomy, medicine) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
n
(anatomy) a canal located at the dorsal side of the centrum formed by neural arches of vertebrae. Houses the spinal cord.
adj
(anatomy, zoology) Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra.
n
(anatomy) The neural canal.
n
(anatomy) Either of a pair of spaces each side of a vertebra that allows nerves to pass from the spinal cord to other parts of the body
n
(anatomy) Clipping of medulla oblongata. [(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The lower portion of the brainstem.]
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the thalamus.
n
(neuroanatomy, zootomy) An small parasympathetic ganglion that is associated with the mandibular nerve, situated near the foramen ovale of the sphenoid bone, receives preganglionic fibers from the glossopharyngeal nerve by way of the lesser petrosal nerve, and sends postganglionic parasympathetic fibres to the parotid gland by way of the auriculotemporal nerve.
n
(obsolete) The brain-pan, or skull; hence, the crest.
adj
(anatomy) Over or across a commissure
adj
Relating to the area adjacent to the facial motor nucleus, especially the retrotrapezoid nucleus.
adj
Near the insula; applied to a subdivision of the brain.
adj
(anatomy) Beyond the red nucleus
adj
Across the sylvian fissure
adj
Situated near the olivary body.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the pons.
adj
Relating to the pons, the lateral geniculate nucleus, and the occipital cortex regions of the brain; applied to a class of phasic field potentials that are most prominent immediately before REM sleep.
adj
Of or relating to porencephaly.
adj
(anatomy) Behind the calcarine sulcus
n
(anatomy) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
n
(anatomy) The posterior part of the medulla oblongata.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or resembling, the precuneus
adj
(anatomy) anterior to the pons
adj
Relating to the presubiculum.
n
(anatomy) A rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus of the guenon.
n
(anatomy) The entire cavity of the prosencephalon.
adj
(anatomy) Behind the medulla oblongata
adj
(anatomy) Behind the clivus
adj
(anatomy) Behind the labyrinth of the ear
adj
(anatomy) Behind a muscle
adj
(anatomy) Behind the splenium.
n
(anatomy) Either of two venous sinuses of the dura mater.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or affecting only one lobe of the brain
adj
(anatomy) septopallidal and mesencephalic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to nerves that branch out from the spine
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the spine and colliculus
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the spine and the medulla oblongata
adj
(anatomy) That originates and terminates in the spinal cord; propriospinal.
adj
Relating to the sternebrae.
n
(anatomy) A venous sinus of the brain that is located along the line of junction of the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli, is formed by the junction of the great cerebral vein and the inferior sagittal sinus, and passes posteriorly to terminate in the confluence of sinuses.
n
(anatomy) The subcallosal region of the corpus callosum
adj
(anatomy) supraventricular
n
Alternative letter-case form of sylvian fissure [(neuroanatomy) A fissure in the brain which divides the frontal lobe and parietal lobe above from the temporal lobe below.]
n
A medical condition in which syrinxes, or fluid-filled cavities, affect the medulla oblongata (i.e., the lower portion of the brain stem).
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the tectum and the pons
n
(anatomy) Any artery that perforates the thalamus
adj
Alternative form of transcranial [Passing through the cranium.]
adj
(anatomy) Across the insula of the brain.
n
(anatomy) Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side to become the internal jugular vein.
n
(neuroanatomy) A large flattened sensory root ganglion of the trigeminal nerve that lies within the skull and behind the orbit.
adj
(anatomy) trigeminal and spinal
n
(neuroanatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.
n
(neuroanatomy) A sensory ganglion in the trunk of the vestibular nerve in the internal auditory canal that contains cell bodies supplying nerve fibers comprising the vestibular nerve.
n
(neuroanatomy) A branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve that consists of bipolar neurons with cell bodies collected in the vestibular ganglion, with peripheral processes passing to the semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule, and with central processes passing to the vestibular nuclei of the medulla oblongata.
adj
Relating to the vestibule (of the inner ear) and the proprioceptors of the cervical spine
adj
(anatomy) That radiate from the viscera
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