flexure
41splenic flexure — n the sharp bend of the colon under the spleen where the transverse colon joins the descending colon called also left colic flexure …
42sigmoid flexure — noun the s shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum • Syn: ↑sigmoid colon • Hypernyms: ↑colon • Part Holonyms: ↑large intestine * * * noun 1. : an S shaped curve (as in …
43Point of contrary flexure — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …
44Sigmoid flexure — Sigmoid Sig moid, Sigmoidal Sig*moid al, a. [Gr. ???; ??? sigma + e i^dos form, likeness: cf. F. sigmo[ i]de.] Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek [sigmat]. [1913 Webster] {Sigmoid flexure} (Anat.), the last curve of the… …
45Изгиб (Flexure) — искривление какого либо органа или его части, например, печеночный (hepatic) или селезеночный изгиб (splenic flexure) ободочной кишки. Источник: Медицинский словарь …
46cervical flexure — n a ventral bend in the neural tube of the vertebrate embryo marking the point of transition from brain to spinal cord …
47sigmoid flexure — n sigmoid colon * * * see sigmoid colon * * * colon sigmoideum …
48splenic flexure syndrome — n pain in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen that may radiate upward to the left shoulder and inner aspect of the left arm and that sometimes mimics angina pectoris but is caused by bloating and gas in the colon * * * constipation with left… …
49cerebral 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 …
50lateral flexure of rectum inferior — lateral flexure of rectum, inferior right flexura inferodextra lateralis recti …
