Vater's corpuscles — Pacinian Pa*cin i*an, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini (1812 1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century. [1913 Webster] {Pacinian corpuscles}, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pacini — Filippo, Italian anatomist, 1812–1883. See pacinian corpuscles, under corpuscle, Vater P. corpuscles, under corpuscle … Medical dictionary
Vater — Abraham, German anatomist and botanist, 1684–1751. See ampulla of V., V. corpuscles, under corpuscle, V. fold, V. Pacini corpuscles, under corpuscle. * * * vertebral defects, imperforate anus, tracheoesophageal fistula, and radial and renal… … Medical dictionary
Pacinian corpuscles — Pacinian Pa*cin i*an, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini (1812 1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century. [1913 Webster] {Pacinian corpuscles}, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Abraham Vater — Infobox Scientist name = Abraham Vater image width = caption = birth date = December 9, 1684 birth place = Wittenberg, Germany death date = November 18, 1751 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = German ethnicity = field = Anatomy … Wikipedia
Ampulla of Vater — A small muscle located at the junction where of the common bile duct (from the liver and pancreas) empties into the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine). Bile from the liver and secretions from the pancreas come through the ampulla of … Medical dictionary
corpuscle — 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. SYN: corpusculum. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus, body] amnionic c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. amylaceous c., amyloid c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. articular corpuscles … Medical dictionary
Pacinian — Pa*cin i*an, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini (1812 1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century. [1913 Webster] {Pacinian corpuscles}, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Erogenous zone — An erogenous zone is an area of the human body that has heightened sensitivity and stimulation of which normally results in sexual response. There is individual variation in sensitive areas, Fact|date=January 2008, but the majority of men and… … Wikipedia
List of human anatomical parts named after people — This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. :For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.:For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.Alphabetical listFor clarity, entries are listed by the name … Wikipedia
