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Record 1 2021-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Bones and Joints
  • Fish
CONT

... the trunk vertebrae [of fishes] lack a hemal arch. Instead, they have a short, ventrolateral process (basapophysis). [The basapophyses occur in pairs and] project from the sides of the vertebral body. [The] basapophysis is serially homologous to the proximal part of the hemal arch.

Key term(s)
  • basopophyses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Os et articulations
  • Poissons
CONT

La [...] basapophyse de la vertèbre troncale des poissons est interprétée comme la base de l'arc hémal vestigial sur laquelle s’insère la côte.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A serrated strip of gray matter under the medial border of the hippocampus and in its depths; it is an archaeocortex which develops along the edge of the hippocampal fissure and which consists of molecular, granular, and polymorphic layers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Au niveau du lobe temporal, la fissure hippocampique est bordée à sa face supérieure par un gyrus denté(gyrus dentatus) qui [...] contourne le splénium du corps calleux en avant de la fissure et se poursuit par un gyrus vestigial supra-calleux(indisium griseum et stries longitudinales médiale et latérale) ;ces vestiges se placent en-dessous du sillon calleux et sont intimement intriqué à la face supérieure du corps calleux.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : corps godronné;circonvolution godronnée; fascia dentata hippocampi; fascia de Tarin; circonvolution de Duval.

Spanish

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