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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

vesiculin
<protein> Highly acidic protein (10 kD) found in synaptic vesicles. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vesiculitis
Inflammation of any vesicle; especially of a seminal vesicle. ... Origin: L. Vesicula, vesicle, + G. -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculo-
A vesicle. ... Origin: L. Vesicula, vesicle, dim. Of vesica, bladder ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculobronchial
Denoting an auscultatory sound having both a vesicular and a bronchial quality. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculocavernous
Both vesicular and cavernous; denoting:1. An auscultatory sound having both a vesicular and a cavernous quality, 2. The structure of certain neoplasms. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculocavernous respiration
Cavernous respiration, due to the presence of a cavity, mingled with the vesicular murmur of the surrounding normal lung tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculography
Radiographic contrast study of the seminal vesicles. ... Origin: vesiculo-+ G. Grapho, to write ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculopapular
Pertaining to or consisting of a combination of vesicles and papules, or of papules becoming increasingly edematous with sufficient collection of fluid to form vesicles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculoprostatitis
Inflammation of the bladder and prostate. ... Origin: vesiculo-+ prostate + G. -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculopustular
Synonym: vesicopustular. ... 2. Pertaining to a mixed eruption of vesicles and pustules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculose
Synonym for vesicular ... 1. Composed of or relating to small, saclike bodies. ... 2. Pertaining to or made up of vesicles on the skin. ... Origin: L. Vesicula = a little bladder ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vesiculotomy
<procedure> Surgical incision of the seminal vesicles. ... Origin: vesiculo-+ G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculotubular
Denoting an auscultatory sound having both a vesicular and a tubular quality. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculotympanic
Denoting a percussion sound having both a vesicular and a tympanic quality. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculotympanitic resonance
A peculiar, partly tympanitic, partly vesicular sound, obtained on percussion in cases of pulmonary emphysema. ... Synonym: bandbox resonance, wooden resonance. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vesiculous
Synonym for vesicular ... 1. Composed of or relating to small, saclike bodies. ... 2. Pertaining to or made up of vesicles on the skin. ... Origin: L. Vesicula = a little bladder ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vesiculovirus
A genus of the family rhabdoviridae that infects a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates. The type species is vesicular stomatitis-indiana virus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Vesling's line
Synonym for scrotal raphe ... A central line, like a cord, running over the scrotum from the anus to the root of the penis; it marks the position of the septum scroti. ... Synonym: raphe scroti, Vesling's line. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vessel
Water conducting system in the xylem, consisting of a column of cells (vessel elements) whose end walls have been perforated or totally degraded, resulting in an uninterrupted tube. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vessel element
Part of a xylem vessel in a higher plant, arising from a single cell. The end walls are perforated and may completely disappear, giving rise to a continuous tube. The remaining walls are thickened and lignified and there is no protoplast. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vessel, afferent
A vessel carrying blood toward the heart. A vein or venule. Afferent hails from the latin ad meaning toward + ferre, to bear. The opposite of an afferent vessel is an efferent vessel, an artery or arteriole. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vessel, efferent
A vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An artery or arteriole. Efferent comes from the latin e- or ex- meaning out or away + ferre, to bear. The opposite of an efferent vessel is an afferent vessel, a vein or venule. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vessels of internal ear
Blood vessels of the internal ear, consisting of the labyrinthine artery and its branches and the labyrinthine veins and their tributaries. ... Synonym: vasa auris internae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vessels of vessels
Synonym for vasa vasorum ... Nutrient blood vessels which supply the walls of large arteries or veins. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vesta
1. One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it. ... 2. <astronomy> An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807. ... 3. A wax friction match. ... Origin: L. Vesta, akin to Gr. Vesta, the h …

vestal
Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste. ... Origin: L. Vestalis belonging to Vesta, vestal. See Vesta. ... 1. A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar. ... The Vestals were originally four, but afterward six, in numbe …

vestibula
Plural of vestibulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular
<anatomy> Pertaining to or toward a vestibule. In dental anatomy, used to refer to the tooth surface directed toward the vestibule of the mouth. ... Origin: L. Vestibularis ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vestibular anus
<anatomy, surgery> A congenital malformation in which the anus is imperforate but the rectum opens into the vagina just above the vulva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular apparatus
<anatomy> The receptor organ of the vestibular portion of the 8th cranial nerve, consisting of the three semicircular canals and the otolith, located within the petrous portion of the temporal bone of the skull. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular aqueduct
<anatomy> A small bony canal linking the vestibule of the inner ear to the posterior part of the internal surface of the petrous temporal bone. It surrounds the endolymphatic duct. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vestibular area
More specifically look at: inferior vestibular area, superior vestibular area. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular blind sac
Synonym for vestibular caecum of the cochlear duct ... <anatomy> The lower extremity of the cochlear duct, occupying the cochlear recess in the vestibule. ... Synonym: caecum vestibulare, vestibular blind sac. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular canal
Synonym for scala vestibuli ... The division of the spiral canal of the cochlea lying on the apical side of the spiral lamina and vestibular membrane. ... Synonym: vestibular canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular crest
<anatomy> An oblique ridge on the inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, bounding the spherical recess above and posteriorly. ... Synonym: crista vestibuli. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular diseases
Diseases of the vestibule, the part of the inner ear that contains organs involved with balance. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vestibular fissure of cochlea
A fine fissure in the lower part of the first turn of the cochlea, formed by a spiral lamina which projects from the outer wall of the cochlea but does not quite reach the osseous spiral lamina, thus leaving a narrow gap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular fold
One of the pair of folds of mucous membrane stretching across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; they enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis. ... Synonym: plica vestibularis, false vocal cord, plica ventricularis, ventricular band of larynx, ventricular fold. ... (05 Mar 2000)< …

vestibular fossa
Synonym for fossa of vestibule of vagina ... The portion of the vestibule of the vagina between the frenulum of the labia minora and the posterior labial commissure of the vulva. ... Synonym: fossa vestibuli vaginae, fossa navicularis vestibulae vaginae, vestibular fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular ganglion
A collection of bipolar nerve cell bodies forming a swelling on the vestibular part of the eighth nerve in the internal acoustic meatus; consists of a superior part and an inferior part connected by a narrow isthmus. ... Synonym: ganglion vestibulare, Scarpa's ganglion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular glands
See: greater vestibular gland, lesser vestibular glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular hair cells
Cell's in the sensory epithelium of the maculae and cristae of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear; afferent and efferent nerve fibres of the vestibular nerve end synaptically upon them; from the apical end of each cell a bundle of stereocilia and a kinocilium extend into the statoconial membrane of the maculae and the cupula of the cristae.< …

vestibular labyrinth
The portion of the membranous labyrinth located within the semicircular canals and the vestibule of the osseous labyrinth. It is surrounded with perilymph and involved with vestibular functions. ... Synonym: labyrinthus vestibularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular ligament
<anatomy> The thin fibrous layer that lies in the ventricular fold of the larynx. ... Synonym: ligamentum vestibulare, ligamentum ventriculare, ventricular ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular membrane
The membrane separating the cochlear duct from the vestibular canal; it consists of squamous epithelial cells with microvilli toward the ductus, a basement membrane, and a thin layer of connective tissue toward the scala. ... Synonym: membrana vestibularis, paries vestibularis ductus cochlearis, Reissner's membrane, vestibular wall of cochlear duct. …

vestibular nerve
<anatomy, nerve> The vestibular part of the acoustic (8th cranial) nerve. The vestibular nerve fibres arise from neurons of scarpa's ganglion and project peripherally to vestibular hair cells and centrally to the vestibular nuclei of the brainstem. These fibres mediate the sense of balance and head position. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vestibular neuronitis
A paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or tinnitus, which affects young to middle-aged adults, often following a non-specific upper respiratory infection; due to unilateral vestibular dysfunction. ... Synonym: endemic paralytic vertigo, epidemic vertigo, Gerlier's disease, kubisagari, kubisagaru, paralyzing vertigo. ... (0 …

vestibular nuclei
The four cellular masses in the floor of the fourth ventricle giving rise to a widely dispersed special sensory system. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vestibular nystagmus
Nystagmus resulting from physiological stimuli to the labyrinth that may be rotatory, caloric, compressive, or galvanic, or due to labyrinthal lesions. ... See: Barany's sign. ... Synonym: labyrinthine nystagmus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular ocular reflex
Synonym for doll's eye sign ... <clinical sign> Reflex movement of the eyes in the opposite direction to that which the head is moved, e.g., the eyes being lowered as the head is raised, and the reverse (Cantelli's sign); an indication of functional integrity of the brainstem tegmental pathways and cranial nerves involved in eye movement. ... S …

vestibular organ
Collective term for the utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts of the membranous labyrinth, each having a single patch of ciliated receptor epithelium innervated by the vestibular nerve: macula of sacculus, macula of utriculus, and cristae of the semicircular ducts. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular root
Radix vestibularis, radix superior nervi vestibulocochlearis, superior root of vestibulocochlear nerve, vestibular root of vestibulocochlear nerve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular schwannoma
<oncology, tumour> This is a benign tumour of the 8th cranial nerve that affects approximately 1 out of 100,000 people. This tumour arises from the myelin forming Schwann cells that coat the 8th cranial nerve (acoustic nerve). Clinical presentation usually includes hearing deficit. ... Diagnosis can be made with auditory evoked potentials and/ …

vestibular screen
A screen made of acrylic resin that covers the labial or buccal surfaces of one or both dental arches; used to treat oral habits and to stimulate tooth movement by using perioral muscle force. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular surface of tooth
The surface of a tooth that faces the buccal or labial mucosa of vestibule of the mouth; opposite to the lingual surface of tooth. ... Synonym: facies vestibularis dentis, facies facialis dentis, buccal surface, facial surface of tooth, facies buccalis, facies labialis, labial surface. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular system
<anatomy> The organ of the inner ear containing several three semicircular ducts at right angles to one another, helps keep the body balanced. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

vestibular veins
Veins draining the saccule and utricle; they are tributaries of both the labyrinthine veins and the vein of the vestibular aqueduct. ... Synonym: venae vestibulares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibular wall of cochlear duct
Synonym for vestibular membrane ... The membrane separating the cochlear duct from the vestibular canal; it consists of squamous epithelial cells with microvilli toward the ductus, a basement membrane, and a thin layer of connective tissue toward the scala. ... Synonym: membrana vestibularis, paries vestibularis ductus cochlearis, Reissner's membrane …

vestibular window
Synonym for fenestra vestibuli ... An oval opening on the medial wall of the tympanic cavity leading into the vestibule, closed in life by the foot of the stapes. ... Synonym: fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, oval window, vestibular window. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibularis
Synonym: vestibular, vestibular. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulate
Possessing a vestibule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibule
The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall. Vestibule of the ear. ... <anatomy> A train of passenger cars having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to provide for intercommunication between all the cars. ... Synonym: Hall, …

vestibule of larynx
The upper part of the laryngeal cavity from the superior aperture to the vestibular folds, bounded anteriorly by the epiglottis, laterally by themucosa overlying the quadrangular membranes and posteriorly by the mucosa overlying the arytenoid cartilages and arytenoideus muscle. ... Synonym: vestibulum laryngis, atrium glottidis, superior laryngeal c …

vestibule of mouth
Synonym for oral vestibule ... That part of the mouth bounded anteriorly and laterally by the lips and the cheeks, posteriorly and medially by the teeth and/or gums, and above and below by the reflections of the mucosa from the lips and cheeks to the gums. ... Synonym: vestibulum oris, buccal cavity, vestibule of mouth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibule of nose
The anterior part of the nasal cavity, especially that enclosed by cartilage. ... Synonym: vestibulum nasi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibule of omental bursa
<anatomy> The upper part of the bursa omentalis, just within the epiploic foramen (of Winslow), behind the caudate lobe of the liver. ... Synonym: vestibulum bursae omentalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibule of vagina
The space behind the glans clitoridis and between the labia minora, containing the openings of the vagina, urethra, and ducts of the greater vestibular glands. ... Synonym: vestibulum vaginae, vaginal introitus, vestibulum pudendi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulitis
An inflammation of the vulvar vestibule and the periglandular and subepithelial stroma characterised by burning sensation and painful coitus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulo-
Vestibule, vestibulum. ... Origin: L. Vestibulum ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulo-equilibratory control
Nerve impulses transmitted from the semicircular canals, saccule, and utricle that serve to maintain the equilibrium of the body. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulocerebellar ataxia
Ataxia due to disease of the central vestibular system or its cerebellar components, manifested clinically by an unsteady gait, nystagmus, and incoordination of arm and leg movements. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulocerebellum
Those regions of the cerebellar cortex whose predominant afferent fibres arise from the ganglion vestibulare and the vestibular nuclei; structures included under this term are nodulus, flocculus, ventral parts of the uvula and small ventral parts of the lingula. ... Synonym: archeocerebellum. ... Origin: vestibulo-+ L. Cerebellum ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulocochlear
1. Relating to the vestibulum and cochlea of the ear. ... Synonym: statoacoustic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulocochlear nerve
<anatomy, nerve> The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the sense of hearing and balance (body position sense). ... Lesions of the eighth nerve can result in deafness, tinnitus, dizziness, vertigo and vomiting. ... Synonym: cranial nerve VIII. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

vestibulocochlear nuclei
The combined cochlear and vestibular nuclei in the brainstem that receive the incoming fibres of the eighth cranial nerve. ... See: vestibular nucleus. ... Synonym: nuclei nervi vestibulocochlearis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulocochlear organ
The external, middle, and internal ear. ... Synonym: organum vestibulocochleare. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibuloneuronitis
<neurology> Inflammation of the inner ear and semicircular canals. These structures are normally responsible for the maintenance balance and the perception of body position. ... Inflammation of these structures can result in nausea, vomiting and vertigo made worse by movement. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

vestibulopathy
Any abnormality of the vestibular apparatus, e.g., Meniere's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibuloplasty
Those procedures designed to widen the zone of attached gingiva and deepen the vestibular depth which will facilitate the clearance of the area for natural food passage, and provide access for toothbrushing and interdental stimulation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

vestibulospinal
See: vestibulospinal tract. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulospinal reflex
The influence of vestibular stimulation on body posture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulospinal tract
A somatopically organised fibre bundle originating from the lateral vestibular nucleus (nucleus of Deiters) which descends uncrossed into the anterior funiculus of the spinal cord lateral to the anterior median fissure; the tractus extends throughout the length of the cord, distributing fibres at all levels to the medial part of the anterior horn. …

vestibulotomy
<procedure> Operation for an opening into the vestibule of the labyrinth. ... Origin: vestibulo-+ G. Tome, incision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulourethral
Relating to the vestibule of the vagina and urethra. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulum aortae
Synonym for aortic vestibule ... The anterosuperior portion of the left ventricle of the heart immediately below the aortic orifice, having fibrous walls and affording room for the segments of the closed aortic valve. ... Synonym: Sibson's aortic vestibule, vestibulum aortae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulum bursae omentalis
Synonym for vestibule of omental bursa ... <anatomy> The upper part of the bursa omentalis, just within the epiploic foramen (of Winslow), behind the caudate lobe of the liver. ... Synonym: vestibulum bursae omentalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulum laryngis
Synonym for vestibule of larynx ... The upper part of the laryngeal cavity from the superior aperture to the vestibular folds, bounded anteriorly by the epiglottis, laterally by themucosa overlying the quadrangular membranes and posteriorly by the mucosa overlying the arytenoid cartilages and arytenoideus muscle. ... Synonym: vestibulum laryngis, atr …

vestibulum nasi
Synonym for vestibule of nose ... The anterior part of the nasal cavity, especially that enclosed by cartilage. ... Synonym: vestibulum nasi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulum oris
Synonym for oral vestibule ... That part of the mouth bounded anteriorly and laterally by the lips and the cheeks, posteriorly and medially by the teeth and/or gums, and above and below by the reflections of the mucosa from the lips and cheeks to the gums. ... Synonym: vestibulum oris, buccal cavity, vestibule of mouth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulum pudendi
Synonym for vestibule of vagina ... The space behind the glans clitoridis and between the labia minora, containing the openings of the vagina, urethra, and ducts of the greater vestibular glands. ... Synonym: vestibulum vaginae, vaginal introitus, vestibulum pudendi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestibulum vaginae
Synonym for vestibule of vagina ... The space behind the glans clitoridis and between the labia minora, containing the openings of the vagina, urethra, and ducts of the greater vestibular glands. ... Synonym: vestibulum vaginae, vaginal introitus, vestibulum pudendi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestige
A trace or a rudimentary structure; the degenerated remains of any structure which occurs as an entity in the embryo or foetus. ... Synonym: vestigium. ... Origin: L. Vestigium ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestige of processus vaginalis
Incompletely obliterated remnants of the vaginal process of the peritoneum remaining in the spermatic cord. ... Synonym: vestigium processus vaginalis, vestige of vaginal process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestige of vaginal process
Synonym for vestige of processus vaginalis ... Incompletely obliterated remnants of the vaginal process of the peritoneum remaining in the spermatic cord. ... Synonym: vestigium processus vaginalis, vestige of vaginal process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestigial
Refers to an organ or part (for example, the human appendix) which is greatly reduced from the original ancestral form and is no longer functional. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

vestigial fold
Synonym for fold of left vena cava ... A pericardial fold lying between the left oblique vein of the atrium and the left superior pulmonary vein containing the obliterated remains of the left superior vena cava. ... Synonym: plica venae cavae sinistrae, Marshall's vestigial fold, vestigial fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestigial muscle
<anatomy> An imperfect structure in man corresponding to a functioning muscle in the lower animals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestigial organ
A rudimentary structure in humans corresponding to a functional structure or organ in the lower animals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestigium
Synonym: vestige. ... Origin: L. Footprint (trace), fr. Vestigo, to track, trace ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

vestigium processus vaginalis
Synonym for vestige of processus vaginalis ... Incompletely obliterated remnants of the vaginal process of the peritoneum remaining in the spermatic cord. ... Synonym: vestigium processus vaginalis, vestige of vaginal process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...