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AMIGDALA [2 records]

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Record 1 2021-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
corpus amygdaloideum
Latin
amygdala
Latin
nucleus amygdalae
Latin
CONT

The amygdaloid body is a group of nuclei connected with the cerebral cortex and lying in the dorsomedial pole of the temporal lobe anterior to the inferior horn of lateral ventricle. It belongs partly to the olfactory tract, partly has autonomic nervous system functions, and partly influences emotional states.

OBS

amygdaloid body: designation from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

corpus amygdaloideum: designation from the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
corpus amygdaloideum
Latin
amygdala
Latin
nucleus amygdalae
Latin
DEF

Groupe de noyaux, en connexion avec le cortex, dans le pôle dorso-médial du lobe temporal, en avant de la corne inférieure du ventricule latéral.

OBS

Il appartient en partie à la voie olfactive, il a en partie des fonctions végétatives, et il influence en partie l'expression émotionnelle.

OBS

corps amygdaloïde : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

corpus amygdaloideum : désignation tirée de la Terminologica Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Sistema nervioso
Entrada(s) universal(es)
corpus amygdaloideum
Latin
amygdala
Latin
nucleus amygdalae
Latin
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Record 2 2009-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A gas cavity or vesicle, in an igneous rock that is filled with such secondary minerals as calcite, quartz, chalcedony, or a zeolite.

CONT

At some stage after lava has solidified, the vesicles may be filled by a variety of secondary minerals, especially calcite and zeolites. The infilled vesicles are referred to as amygdales ...

CONT

... the copper minerals fill intergranular spaces in clastic sedimentary host rocks, and spaces in the matrices of flow-top breccias and in amygdules in amygdaloidal flow tops.

OBS

The term amygdale is preferred in British usage.

OBS

amygdule: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Cavité en forme d'amande, fréquente dans les roches volcaniques, due à la présence de gaz et souvent tapissée de cristaux tardifs : zéolite, calcite, quartz.

CONT

Les basaltes et les andésites renferment du cuivre, qui peut s'exprimer dans des amygdales de la lave sous l'effet de solutions hydrothermales. [...] le cuivre [...] se concentre secondairement dans les vacuoles lors d'une phase d'altération hydrothermale.

CONT

Au sommet des coulées, se développe un faciès à amygdales, riche en cuivre. [...] Zéolites et zoïsite remplissent partiellement les amygdales.

OBS

amygdale : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Vacuola en forma de almendra creada en el seno de las rocas volcánicas por una burbuja de gas y que, posteriormente a su formación, se ha llenado de calcita, ceolita o de otros minerales secundarios.

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