Normally, both cerebral hemispheres are linked through the cerebral commissure, which is built up of hundreds of millions of nerve fibers. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1981 - Press Release] Reference
If any thought by flight to escape, he made his head to fly in pieces by the lamboidal commissure, which is a seam in the hinder part of the skull. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1] Reference
No. 1 gashes a line from the root of the hair to the commissure of the nose: No. 2 has. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
MENIn men, the commissure is smaller than it is in women, even though men's brains are, on average, larger than women's. From Wordnik.com. [Gray Matters] Reference
The inferior fissure does not extend as far as the gray commissure, leaving the lateral inferior columns connected by a white commissure. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The gray tissue is situated within the white, and it is arranged in the form of two lateral comma-shaped columns connected by a narrow commissure of gray matter. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
WOMENThe larger commissure in women may be another reason their two cerebral hemispheres seem to work in partnership on tasks from language to emotional responses. From Wordnik.com. [Gray Matters] Reference
Coronal section of brain through anterior commissure. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrations. Fig. 744] Reference
IK: But … if I had to pick one I'd say the front commissure. From Wordnik.com. [The Morning News] Reference
It is probably a commissure connected with the auditory system. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves] Reference
A sharp anterior commissure is a large factor in good phonation. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
The arrow, ar., plunges into the third ventricle, behind the great middle commissure. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
This is the commissure of Gudden and is probably connected with the auditory system. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves] Reference
There is no corpus callosum, nor is there a middle commissure to the third ventricle. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
The labia are thicker in front, where they form by their meeting the anterior labial commissure. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 5. The External Organs] Reference
Dotted line shows place of excision for clearing out the anterior commissure to restore the voice. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
The caruncula lachrymalis is a small glandular body situated at the internal commissure of each eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
Anterior commissure twice afterward cleared of cicatricial tissue as in the other case shown in Fig. 15. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
The lower part of this thickening is soon constricted off, and fibers appear in it to form the anterior commissure. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System] Reference
It is situated beneath the anterior labial commissure, partially hidden between the anterior ends of the labia minora. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 5. The External Organs] Reference
The new valve includes a low profile and smooth commissure posts to ease insertion through small incisions or small aortic roots. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
The fore-brain consists of a thalamencephalon (th.c. and 1), which is exposed in the dorsal view of the brain, and which has no middle commissure. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
With this instrument the anterior commissure is readily exposed, and because of this it is named the anterior commissure laryngoscope (Fig. 1, D). From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
This is readily accomplished by direct laryngoscopy under local anesthesia, using the regular laryngoscope or the anterior commissure laryngoscope. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
A and B show representative images of anti-c-Fos immuno-staining in an area of the nucleus accumbens dorso-lateral to the anterior commissure (AC). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The caruncula lacrimalis is a small, reddish, conical-shaped body, situated at the medial palpebral commissure, and filling up the lacus lacrimalis. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye] Reference
A Adult's size; B, child's size; C, infant's diagnostic size; D, anterior commissure laryngoscope; E, with drainage canal; 17, intubating laryngoscope, large lumen. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
The former is thin, and is in contact anteriorly with the anterior white commissure: it contains a couple of longitudinal veins, one on either side of the middle line. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 3. The Spinal Cord or Medulla Spinalis] Reference
For growths in the anterior portion of the larynx, and in fact for the removal of most small benign growths, the anterior commissure laryngoscope is especially adapted. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
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