Cotunnius' canal

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• Cotunnius aqueduct canal nerve — Co·tun·ni·us aqueduct, canal, nerve (ko tunґe ə) [D.F.A. Cotugno (Cotunnius)] see under aqueduct, canal, and nerve …   Medical dictionary

• canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root …   Medical dictionary

• Cotunnius, Cotugno — Domenico, Italian anatomist, 1736–1822. See C. aqueduct, C. canal, C. liquid, C. space, aqueductus cotunnii, liquor cotunnii …   Medical dictionary

• canal of Cotunnius — the aqueductus vestibuli and canaliculus cochleae considered as a continuous passage …   Medical dictionary

• aqueduct — A conduit or canal. SYN: aqueductus. [L. aquaeductus] cerebral a. an ependyma lined canal in the mesencephalon about 20 mm long, connecting the third to the fourth ventricle. SYN: aqueductus mesencephali [TA], aqueductus cerebri, a. of cerebrum,… …   Medical dictionary

• space — Any demarcated portion of the body, either an area of the surface, a segment of the tissues, or a cavity. SEE ALSO: area, region, zone. SYN: spatium [TA]. [L. spatium, room, s.] alveolar dead s …   Medical dictionary

• aqueductus vestibuli — [TA] aqueduct of vestibule: a small canal extending from the vestibule of the internal ear to open onto the posterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone. It lodges the endolymphatic duct and an arteriole and a venule. Called also… …   Medical dictionary

• canaliculus cochleae — [TA] cochlear canaliculus a small canal in the petrous part of the temporal bone that interconnects the scala tympani of the internal ear with the subarachnoid space; it houses the perilymphatic duct and a small vein. Called also aqueduct of… …   Medical dictionary