- Circumesophageal
- Circumesophageal Cir`cum*e`so*phag"e*al, a. (Anat.) Circumesophagal. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Circumesophageal
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circumesophageal connective — (Order Decapoda): One of two strands of nerve tissue surrounding esophagus and connecting dorsal supraesophageal ganglia with posterior subesophageal ganglia. May bear ganglia (paraesophageal ganglia). (Syn. esophageal connective) [Stachowitsch,… … Crustacea glossary
circumesophageal nerve ring — (Class Ostracoda): Well developed ring of nerve tissue surrounding esophagus; consists anteriorly of supraesophageal ganglion, laterally of circumesophageal connective, and posteriorly of complex formed by subesophageal ganglion and more or less… … Crustacea glossary
circumesophageal — См. circumoesophageal … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
circumesophageal commissure — The major commissure of the nervous system of many invertebrates to which and from which ramify anteriorly and posteriorly directed nerves and nerve cords; sometimes called the nerve ring … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
circumesophageal connectives — The nerve strand connectives on each side of the esophagus connecting the superesophageal ganglia and subesophageal ganglia of arthropods, annelids and brachiopods; circumoesophageal connectives … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
circumesophageal ganglion — (Order Diplostraca): Brain [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
circumesophageal ring — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+... noun Etymology: circum + esophageal : esophageal ring … Useful english dictionary
supraesophageal ganglion — (Order Amphipoda): Concentration of nerve tissue above (anterior to) esophagus in head. Connected to subesophageal ganglion by pair of esophageal connectives. (Syn. brain) [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Isopoda): Concentration of nerve tissue above … Crustacea glossary
esophageal connective — (Order Cladocera): One of two strands of nerve tissue surrounding esophagus and connecting posterior part of brain with ventral nerve cord [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Anostraca): One of two strands of nerve tissue extending around esophagus and… … Crustacea glossary
subesophageal ganglion — Anterior ganglion of the ventral nerve cord, located beneath (posterior to) the esophagus and connected dorsally to the tritocerebrum. (Syn. subenteric ganglion) [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Nerve plexus below esophagus in head of malacostracans… … Crustacea glossary
