sinus

  • 81sinus of the dura mater — n any of numerous venous channels (as the sagittal sinuses, straight sinus, and transverse sinuses) that are situated between the two layers of the dura mater, that have no valves, and that drain blood from the brain and the bones forming the… …

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  • 82sinus of Valsalva — sinus of Val·sal·va väl säl və n any one of the pouches of the aorta and pulmonary artery which are located behind the flaps of the semilunar valves and into which the blood in its regurgitation toward the heart enters and thereby closes the… …

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  • 83sinus node reentrant tachycardia — sinus node reentry tachycardia, sinus reentrant tachycardia tachycardia arising from a reentrant circuit that encompasses the sinus node …

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  • 84SINUS Panamae — golfe de Panama, sinus maris Austrini, in America Meridionali, prope Panamam et iuxta Isthmum, inter utramque Americam. Vide Panamae sinus …

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  • 85SINUS Venezuelae — Golfe de Venezuela, sinus maris borealis, in America Meridionali. Dicitur aliter Golfe de Coro; estque in Venezuela provincia. Vide Venezuelae sinus …

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  • 86Sinus caverneux — ● Sinus caverneux sinus veineux crâniens, volumineux, au nombre de deux, s étendant de chaque côté de la selle turcique …

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  • 87sinus-verse — [sinysvɛʀs] n. m. ÉTYM. 1685; de 2. sinus, et verse, adjectif. ❖ ♦ Math. Différence entre le rayon et le cosinus (d un angle, d un arc) …

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  • 88sinus of Morgagni — sinus of Mor·ga·gni mȯr gän yē n a space at the upper back part of each side of the pharynx where the walls are deficient in muscular fibers between the upper border of the superior constrictor and the base of the skull and closed only by the… …

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  • 89sinus terminalis — sinus ter·mi·na·lis .tər mi nā ləs n a circular blood sinus bordering the area vasculosa of the vertebrate embryo …

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  • 90sinus venosus sclerae — sinus venosus scle·rae sklē rē n CANAL OF SCHLEMM * * * [TA] venous sinus of sclera: a circular channel at the junction of the sclera and cornea, which is the main pathway for elimination of aqueous humor from the eye. Called also Schlemm canal …

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