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Record 1 2025-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Pancreas
Universal entry(ies)
facies posterior corporis pancreatis
Latin
A05.9.01.008
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The extraperitoneal posterior aspect of the gland, lying in contact with the aorta, the splenic vein, the left kidney, and the diaphragmatic crura.

OBS

posterior surface of body of pancreas: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A05.9.01.008: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Pancréas
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
facies posterior corporis pancreatis
Latin
A05.9.01.008
classification system code, see observation
OBS

face postérieure du corps du pancréas : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A05.9.01.008 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Páncreas
Entrada(s) universal(es)
facies posterior corporis pancreatis
Latin
A05.9.01.008
classification system code, see observation
OBS

cara posterior del cuerpo del páncreas: designación derivada de la Terminología Anatómica.

OBS

A05.9.01.008: número de identificación de la Terminología Anatómica.

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Record 2 2024-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
crus fornicis
Latin
CONT

The fornix of the brain is a C-shaped structure that projects from the posterior hippocampus to the septal area and hypothalamus. As the hippocampus terminates near the splenium of the corpus callosum, the fimbria becomes a detached bundle, the crus of the fornix. The two crura merge medially to form the body of the fornix.

OBS

crura of fornix; crura of the fornix : plural forms.

OBS

crus of fornix; crus fornicis: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • crura of fornix
  • crura of the fornix

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
crus fornicis
Latin
CONT

Les piliers du fornix des hémisphères droit et gauche s'unissent pour former la commissure du fornix [...]

OBS

pilier du fornix : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

crus fornicis : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
Universal entry(ies)
facies posterior glandulae suprarenalis
Latin
A11.5.00.003
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The posteromedial surface of the suprarenal gland that contacts the diaphragmatic crura.

OBS

posterior surface of suprarenal gland: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A11.5.00.003: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
facies posterior glandulae suprarenalis
Latin
A11.5.00.003
classification system code, see observation
OBS

face postérieure de la glande suprarénale : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A11.5.00.003 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Genitals
Universal entry(ies)
bulbus penis
Latin
A09.4.01.016
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The expanded proximal... part of the corpus spongiosum of the penis lying in the interval between the crura of the penis and containing the somewhat dilated and angulated portion of the spongy urethra.

OBS

bulb of penis: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.4.01.016: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Organes génitaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
bulbus penis
Latin
A09.4.01.016
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Extrémité postérieure renflée du corps spongieux du pénis.

OBS

bulbe du pénis : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.4.01.016 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Genitals
Universal entry(ies)
radix penis
Latin
A09.4.01.002
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The proximal, attached portion of the penis, consisting of the diverging crura of the corpora cavernosa and the bulb.

OBS

root of penis: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.4.01.002: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Organes génitaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
radix penis
Latin
A09.4.01.002
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Extrémité postérieure du pénis située dans la région sous-pubienne au point où convergent les organes érectiles qui le constituent : les deux corps caverneux et le corps spongieux.

OBS

racine du pénis : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.4.01.002 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
Universal entry(ies)
ganglia celiaca
Latin, plural
DEF

The Celiac Ganglia(ganglia celiaca; semilunar ganglia) are two large irregularly shaped masses having the appearance of lymph glands and placed one on either side of the middle line in front of the crura of the diaphragm close to the suprarenal glands, that on the right side being placed behind the inferior vena cava.

Key term(s)
  • celiac ganglion
  • semilunar ganglion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
ganglia celiaca
Latin, plural
DEF

Ganglion nerveux paravertébral, pair, situé de chaque côté du tronc cœliaque (à droite et à gauche de l'aorte).

CONT

Les ganglions végétatifs [...] Les ganglions pré-viscéraux. Ils sont situés près des viscères. Leur rôle est de rassembler les fibres nerveuses sympathiques et para-sympathiques pour les distribuer conjointement aux viscères de proximité (Ex : les ganglions cœliaques - anciennement plexus solaire - distribuent leurs fibres aux viscères de l'abdomen supérieur : foie, estomac, rate).

Key term(s)
  • ganglion cœliaque
  • ganglion semi-lunaire

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

[A] loop [is a] Support for [a brachiopod] lophophore composed of secondary shell and extending anteriorly from [the] crura as closed apparatus, variably disposed and generally ribbon-like with or without [a] supporting septum from [the] floor of [the] brachial valve...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[La] boucle brachiale [est le] Brachidium des «Terebratulacea» [...]. En général ne désigne que la partie qui fait suite aux crura.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
DEF

A deformity of the ear due to a flattened helix, prominent crura, and partial obliteration of the concha, characteristic of congenital contractural arachnodactyly.

OBS

Stahl ear is an abnormal and distinctive extra fold or crus of the anthelix that extends from the superior portion of the anthelix to the upper posterior aspect of the corner of the helix. This extra fold produces a "crumpled" ear appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille
DEF

Malformation du pavillon de l'oreille.

CONT

D'autres anomalies malformatives peuvent s'ajouter à l'oreille proéminente : macro- ou microtie, hélix non ourlé, tubercule de Darwin (plus fréquent chez l'homme), oreille de Stahl (anomalie à transmission dominante, qui correspond davantage à un froissement du pavillon qu'à une anomalie de l'anthélix) [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oreja
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Record 9 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Fibers joining the medial and lateral crura of the superficial inguinal ring.

Key term(s)
  • archiform fibers
  • intercrural fiber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fibres tendineuses qui s'étalent sur le tendon aponévrotique du muscle grand oblique.

Key term(s)
  • fibres intercrurales
  • fibrae intercrulales
  • fibre arciforme
  • fibre intercrurale

Spanish

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Record 10 1995-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

... a sagittal groove in the middle of the volar side of the base of the frog.

CONT

The external or ground surface presents a central sulcus... which is bounded by two ridges, the crura....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Chacune des dépressions de la face inférieure du sabot des équidés.

CONT

La fourchette, fendue en son milieu par la lacune médiane, est séparée des deux barres de la sole par les lacunes latérales.

Spanish

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Record 11 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Dimyidae [have a] shell [that is] small, thin, suborbicular or oval, not auriculate, rather compressed, closed, attached by RV, which is less convex; [they are] externally lamellose, some species radially ribbed or striated; [the] interior [is] porcelaneous, with faint radial ridges in some forms;(the bivalves are] dimyarian; [the] ligament [is] an internal, alivincular resilium; [there is a] pair of cardinal crura in each(...) valve. "M. Jur.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les lamellibranches de la] famille des Dimyidae [ont une] coquille orbiculaire, presque équilatérale, fixée; [une] charnière sans dents ou de type isodonte; [une] ligne palléale entière; deux impressions musculaires, l'antérieure plus petite que la postérieure.

Spanish

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Record 12 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Pectinidae(...) [have a] shell varying in size, orbicular to oval, [the] valves of some shells [are] equally convex but usually one valve [is] more inflated than [the] other, [the] margins [are] usually, but not invariably closed; [the] umbos [are] central, on either side of which are triangular auricles(ears), [the] anterior one on [the] RV [is] usually with [a] distinct byssal notch or indentation below it; [the] surface [is] smooth or with radial ribs or folds, some species with concentric sculpture of raised lamellae; [the] interior [is] smooth or with fine radial riblets; [the] hinge line [is] straight; [the] external ligament [is] obsolete or nearly so, [the] resilium internal, amphidetic, in [a] triangular pit below [the] umbones; young shells(...) [have] small taxodont teeth which become obsolete later; cardinal crura or laminae [are] commonly present; diverging from either side of [the] ligamental pit; rounded laminae(auricular crura) [are] present on [the] interior of some shells where [the] auricles join [the] valves; adults [are] monomyarian, with posterior adductors only; [they are] free, attached by [a] byssus or cemented by RV; [the] upper(L) valve [is] usually more brightly colored; [the] margin of [the] mantle(...) [has] short filaments and commonly(...) [has] eyes; dioecious(...). "Trias.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pectinidae (...) [ont une] coquille équilatérale, équivalve ou inéquivalve, libre ou fixée, soit par un byssus qui passe dans une échancrure de l'oreillette antérieure de la valve droite, soit par soudure directe de la région umbonale de la valve droite; [des] crochets médians; [un] bord cardinal droit prolongé en deux oreillettes; [une] fossette ligamentaire triangulaire centrale; [un] ligament rarement visible extérieurement; [une] charnière faite (surtout chez le jeune) de lames symétriques par rapport au ligament - charnière de type isodonte -; [une] ligne palléale entière; une seule impression musculaire subcentrale.

Spanish

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Record 13 1977-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Spondylidae [are] small to(mostly) medium-sized, orbicular or oval, gibbous, inequivalve, RV usually more convex; nearly equilateral, pectiniform, closed, with [a] byssal notch lacking; slightly auriculate; attached at [the] umbo or by [a] larger area of [the] surface of [the] RV; [they are] monomyarian, with [a] large, subcircular, posteriorly placed adductor scar; [the] cardinal area [is] amphidetic, much larger on [the] attached valve, where it commonly forms [an] acute triangle; [the] ligament [is] alivincular, [the] resilium [is] deeply sunk in [a] triangular pit; [the] hinge [is] taxodont in [the] early stage, with isodont crura, two in each valve, in [the] adult stage, those in [the] RV adjacent to [the] resilium pit, sculpture of irregular radial costellae, commonly spinose; [the] inner layers of [the] ostracum [are] aragonitic but not nacreous, [the] outer layer [is] calcitic, lamellar. "Jur.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Spondylidae [ont une] coquille inéquivalve, [la] valve droite [est] plus grande que la valve gauche; [ils n'ont] pas d'échancrure byssale. [La] fixation [est par la valve droite; [l'] ornementation [est] rayonnante; [ils ont une] charnière isodonte comprenant de part et d'autre de la fossette ligamentaire une dent; [une] impression palléale simple; [et] un seul muscle adducteur.

Spanish

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Record 14 1977-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] family Tropidoleptidae [have the following characteristics : the] hinge line [is] wide, [the] ventral interarea [is] well-developed, orthocline, [the] delthyrium [is] open; [the] dorsal interarea [is] shorter, anacline, [the] notothyrium [is] covered by [an] antigydium. [The] Teeth [are] massive [the] outer sides [are] strongly crenulated, separate from [the] hinge line, supported by stout dental plates. [There is a] high cardinal process with [a] deep double diductor pit on [the] ventral surface at [the] posterior of [a] thick notothyrial platform; anteriorly, [a] pair of long crura develop apophyses which possibly form [a] loop with posteriorly directed outgrowths from [the] high anterior part of [the] median septum. "L. Dev.-U. Dev. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes de la] famille des Tropidoleptidae [ont un] profil concavo-convexe; [des] côtes larges, arrondies; [un] fort septum dorsal auquel s'unissent les extrémités des processus brachiaux.

Spanish

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Record 15 1977-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] family Uncitidae [have] Biconvex, elongate-oval, costate shells, commonly lacking [a] fold and sulcus; costae [are] bifurcate, crossed by irregularly spaced growth lines; [the] ventral beak [is] attenuate, commonly twisted; [a] foramen may be present behind [a] concave deltidium. Dental plates and [a] ventral myophragm [are] present; [a] cardinal plate(...) [supports a] large, slightly bilobed cardinal process; hinge plates [extend] as long lobes along [the] posterolateral margins; [the] crura [connect] directly with primary volutions of [the] spiralia, [the] jugum [is] a simple band with [a] lows median projection. "M. Dev. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes de la] famille des Uncitidae [ont les] Crura en continuation directe avec les lamelles primaires; [le] jugum continu en V; [les] plaques deltidiales unies, fortement concaves.

Spanish

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Record 16 1977-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] subfamily Rhynchonellinae [have a] shell form [that is] cynocephalous; with strong, sharp dorsal folds and uniplications; [they have] long smooth stages posteriorly, only [a] few costae anteriorly; [the] crura [are] radulifer. "Trias.-U. Jur. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[La] sous famille [des Rhynchonellinae] comporte plus de 60 genres, parmi lesquels un groupement est encore à trouver.

Spanish

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Record 17 1977-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] family Dimerellidae [are] usually sulcate and very small(...). [The] deltidial plates [are] commonly reduced, [the] crura [are] very long; [a] dorsal septum may be prominent(...). "?Dev., Trias.-L. Cret. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes de la] famille des Dimerellidae [ont des] plaques deltidiales réduites ou nulles; [un] foramen triangulaire; [un] septum médian dorsal; [des] crura très longs; [et une] ligne cardinale rectiligne longue.

Spanish

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Record 18 1977-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Radulifer crura are] hook-shaped or rodlike crura which arise on [the] ventral side of [the] hinge plate and project toward [the] pedicle valve... [of a brachiopod]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Le terme radulifère réfère aux] crura étroits, recourbés dans le sens ventral, s'élargissant légèrement vers leur extrémité.

Spanish

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Record 19 1977-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Septifer crura are] crura having [a] form of septa that descend directly from [the] dorsal side of [the] hinge plates to [the] floor of [the] brachial valve(...) [in a brachiopod]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les crura septifères sont des crura] courts, à plaques crurales appuyées au fond de la valve et s'étendant jusqu'au tiers de la longueur de cette dernière [chez un Brachiopode.]

Spanish

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Record 20 1977-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A] calcarifer crus [is one of] Crura said to be characterized by [a] dorsally directed process at [the] distal end of each crus(...) [in some brachiopods]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Un crus calcarifère est un crus] long, courbe, ayant chez le [brachiopode] adulte, l'allure d'une lame élancée se terminant ventralement par un processus à crochet.

Spanish

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Record 21 1977-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[An] arcuifer crus [is one of a set of] Crura hammer-shaped in cross section, with arcuate head concave toward each other(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Un crus arcuifère est un d'une paire de] crura à bases larges écartés l'un de l'autre, arqués de façon à tourner leurs bords concaves vers le milieu, à extrémités tournées vers la valve ventrale et terminées par une sorte de petite plaque crurale en forme de marteau.

Spanish

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