flexure of the tube

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• Pontine flexure — The pontine flexure is a bend in the axis of the embryological central nervous system (the neuraxis). This flexure marks the junction between the metencephalon and the myelencephalon. The division of the rhombencephalon (the early hindbrain) into …   Wikipedia

• Cephalic flexure — Brain of human embryo of four and a half weeks, showing interior of fore brain. (Cephalic flexure visible at center top.) Latin flexura mesencephalica …   Wikipedia

• Neural tube — Transverse section of half of a chick embryo of forty five hours incubation. The dorsal (back) surface of the embryo is towards the top of this page, while the ventral (front) surface is towards the bottom. (Neural tube is in green.) …   Wikipedia

• cephalic flexure — n the middle of the three anterior flexures of an embryo in which the front part of the brain bends downward in an angle of 90 degrees called also cranial flexure * * * the curve in the midbrain (mesencephalon) of the neural tube; called also… …   Medical dictionary

• Mucous membrane of the soft palate — Gray s subject #243 1141 The mucous membrane of the soft palate is thin, and covered with stratified squamous epithelium on both surfaces, excepting near the pharyngeal ostium of the auditory tube, where it is columnar and ciliated. According to… …   Wikipedia

• cerebral flexure — cervical flexure a bend in the neural tube of the embryo at the junction of the brain and spinal cord; called also head bend, neck bend, and nuchal f …   Medical dictionary

• cervical flexure — n a ventral bend in the neural tube of the vertebrate embryo marking the point of transition from brain to spinal cord …   Medical dictionary

• cervical flexure — noun : a ventral bend in the neural tube of the vertebrate embryo marking the point of transition from brain to spinal cord …   Useful english dictionary

• Meridian circle — Groombridge transit circle of 1806 The meridian circle, transit circle, or transit telescope is an instrument for observing the time of stars passing the meridian, at the same time measuring its angular distance from the zenith. The idea of… …   Wikipedia

• Parasympathetic nervous system — The parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is a division of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), along with the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and enteric nervous system (ENS or bowels NS ). The ANS is a subdivision of the peripheral nervous… …   Wikipedia

• Colon — The part of the large intestine that runs from the cecum to the rectum as a long hollow tube that serves to remove water from digested food and let the remaining material, solid waste called stool, move through it to the rectum and leave the body …   Medical dictionary