morgagni's lacuna

  • 1Lacuna — A small pit, cavity, defect or gap. * * * 1. [TA] A small space, cavity, or depression. 2. A gap or defect. 3. An abnormal space between strata or between the cellular elements of the epidermis. 4. SYN: corneal space. [L. a pit, dim. of lacus, a… …

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  • 2Morgagni caruncle foramen etc. — Mor·ga·gni caruncle, foramen, etc. (mor gahґnye) [Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist, 1682–1771; professor at Padua, and the founder of pathological anatomy, whose clinicopathological reports were published in 1761… …

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  • 3Morgagni — Giovanni B., Italian anatomist and pathologist, 1682–1771. See morgagnian cyst, M. appendix, M. cartilage, M. caruncle, M. cataract, M. columns, under column, M. concha, M. crypts, under crypt, M. disease, M. foramen, M. foramen hernia, M. fossa …

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  • 4Lacunae of Morgagni — Lacunae of Morgagni, also called the urethral lacunae of the male urethra ( lacunae urethralis , urethrae masculinae or the crypts of Morgagni ), are small depressions or recesses on the surface of the mucous membrane of the urethra. Their… …

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  • 5sinus — 1. [TA] A channel for the passage of blood or lymph, without the coats of an ordinary vessel; e.g., blood passages in the gravid uterus or those in the cerebral meninges. 2. [TA] A cavity or …

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  • 6lacunae urethrales urethrae masculinae — [TA] urethral lacunae of male urethra: small depressions or pits in the mucous membrane of the urethra, with their openings usually directed distally; some are openings of ducts of the urethral glands. The largest one, at the distal end, is the… …

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  • 7МОЧЕИСПУСКАТЕЛЬНЫЙ КАНАЛ — МОЧЕИСПУСКАТЕЛЬНЫЙ КАНАЛ. Содержание: Анатомия.....................174 Методы исследования..............178 Патология....................183 Анатомия. Мочеиспускательный канал, urethra, мочевыводная труба, является продолжением мочевого пузыря и… …

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