iliac fossa
51roll — 1. A mass or structure in the shape of a r.. 2. The process by which a round entity is moved by a pressure gradient, as a leukocyte moves along a blood vessel wall. iliac r. a sausage shaped, often painful, nonfluctuating …
52iliolumbar artery — il·io·lum·bar artery .il ē ō ləm bər , .bär n a branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies muscles in the lumbar region and the iliac fossa * * * arteria iliolumbalis …
53colon descendens — [TA] descending colon the portion of the colon between the left colic flexure and the sigmoid colon at the pelvic brim; the part of it that lies in the left part of the iliac fossa is sometimes called the iliac colon …
54facies sacropelvica ossis ilii — [TA] sacropelvic surface of ilium: an irregular area on the inner surface of the ala of the ilium, posterior to the iliac fossa; it contains the iliac tuberosity and the auricular surface …
55lumbar kidney — an ectopic kidney found opposite the sacral promontory in the iliac fossa, anterior to the iliac vessels …
56musculus iliacus — [TA] iliac muscle: origin, iliac fossa and base of sacrum; insertion, greater psoas tendon and lesser trochanter of femur; innervation, femoral; action, flexes thigh, trunk on limb …
57ramus iliacus arteriae iliolumbalis — [TA] iliac branch of iliolumbar artery: one of the two branches into which the iliolumbar artery divides in the iliac fossa; it supplies the iliacus muscle and sends a large nutrient branch to the ilium …
58КОСТЬ ПОДВЗДОШНАЯ — одна из трех костей, составляющих тазовую кость: широкая кость, образующая с каждой стороны верхнюю часть тазовой кости (см. также Таз). На внутренней поверхности она имеет вогнутость (подвздошную ямку (iliac fossa)). Подвздошный (iliac) …
59root — 1. The primary or beginning portion of any part, as of a nerve at its origin from the brainstem or spinal cord. SYN: radix (1) [TA]. 2. SYN: r. of tooth. 3. The descending underground …
60Rovsing's sign — Rovsing s sign, named after the Danish surgeon Niels Thorkild Rovsing Kimpel [http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3126.html Rovsing s sign (www.whonamedit.com)] , is a sign of appendicitis. If palpation of the lower left quadrant of a person s… …
