kiesselbach area
1Kiesselbach area — an area on the anterior part of the nasal septum above the intermaxillary bone, which is richly supplied with blood vessels and is a common site of nosebleed; called also Little a …
2Kiesselbach area (space) — Kies·sel·bach area (space) (keґsəl bahk) [Wilhelm Kiesselbach, German laryngologist, 1839–1902] see under area …
3Kiesselbach's plexus — Kiesselbach s area, also Kiesselbach s plexus and Little s area, is a region in the anteroinferior part of the nasal septum, where the following arteries anastomose:*anterior ethmoid artery, *great palatine artery *sphenopalatine artery and… …
4area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO …
5Kiesselbach's plexus — a collection of capillaries in the mucosa at the anterior part of the nasal septum. Nosebleeds frequently have their origin from this plexus. See epistaxis; Little s area. W. Kiesselbach (1839 1902), German laryngologist …
6Kiesselbach's plexus — a collection of capillaries in the mucosa at the anterior part of the nasal septum. Nosebleeds frequently have their origin from this plexus. See: epistaxis, Little s area [W. Kiesselbach (1839–1902), German laryngologist] …
7Kiesselbach — Wilhelm, German laryngologist, 1839–1902. See K. area …
8Kiesselbach space — see under area …
9Little area — Lit·tle area (litґəl) [James Laurence Little, American surgeon, 1836–1885] Kiesselbach area; see under area …
10Little area — Kiesselbach a …
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